Am I wrong here?

[kirsty b]

Went into a well known supermarket last week to sort Lauren out with some new shoes, while looking was horrified to see training bras there (they were on display among the vests and socks etc) and even more horrified when my 7 year old daughter asked for one.

Honestly, why put something like that so close to an area where younger children's items are. It seems so inappropriate.
Call me old fashioned but surely they would be better stocked near where all the other bras are? Or don't girls go with their mums to buy their first ones anymore?
Is it so wrong not to want my baby to grow up too fast?
I hate Bratz and Hollyoaks too.

[MrsC]

Got to agree with all the above, we went into a well known supermarket to buy Mr C's daughter some shorts/tops, some of the clothes aren't appropriate. I always rant on at people about 'back to basics' with kids, meaning playing out, making dens, playing in the dirt etc etc, so important. There are people who add to and go along with the advertising etc. Our children are being brought up in this society and I do believe it needs to stop, law has gone out the window, there is no respect anymore. Parents need to think about what their children are watching etc. It is the same parents who then complain when something happens. A child needs a parent's time, I think it is priceless.

[esrikandan]

Well......

I have a five year old daughter, and she loves the Lelly Kelly shoes. And I have no problem with her wearing them. In fact, I buy them for her as a pressie for being a good girl. Personally, I do not find the ads inappropriate. My girl loves dressing up and wearing make up (only kiddie makeup to be sure) and that's part of being a little girl.

She doesn't wear earrings (her ears are pierced but she's not keen), nor do we permit her to dress up etc except at home.

We do however control and limit how much television she watches and only what we deem appropriate for her age and personality is she allowed to watch. Luckily that's mostly Barbie movies plus Sponge Bob square pants.

There is however an obscene amount of advertising on the kids channels, and there should be (at the very least) a limit to what can be advertised, and how many adverts are shown at a time,

[Winged one]

I am growing ever more worried about the years to come. Luckily the toddler watches very little tv - she prefers being outdoors and only watches it for the "naminals" on CBeebies bedtime hour and whatever documentary is on when she is having her bottle before bed - when she is usually more concerned with getting a big cuddle off either mummy or daddy.

But she is certainly susceptible to advertising - there was a bus shelter on our route home that had an ad for sausages for about 3 weeks and all she wanted for tea every night was sausages!!

Once she gets to big school, and starts mixing with kids who watch a lot more tv (and the ads), I do worry about what we're going to have to deal with.

[jackie j]

My daughter is 12 now and sometimes its nigh on impossible to find suitable clothing for her she wants to be trendy but doesnt want to flash any part of her body. As she is about a size 10 its really hard as we have to buy clothes that are for adults she is not fat or overweight but kids clothes just dont fit even when it says age 12 -13 on the label.
Course then we have to pay more cos vat is added on to adult clothes. She is nearly as tall as me ( 5 ft 3 ) and we take the same size shoes when she is looking for shoes they all have heels that are totally wrong for her age. She tries it on but she doesnt get her way.

[bluemoon]

Thank Goodness it's not just me being an old fogey. We were without a T.V. for several years, we just couldn't see the point when there was nothing on that we wanted to watch. We only have one now as our son has returned from uni and brought his home. I do admit that I allow our grandson to watch it from time to time, but this is always as a last resort - I find it helps to send him to sleep when he's in that 'irritable, but refusing to give in' mood. I was worried that being tellyless for so long had made me more sensitive to the constant stream of advertising, but thankfully it seems that almost everyone else finds it worrying too.

[lainey lou]

Thankfully my 6 year old daughter seems totally oblivious to this stuff, and long may it stay that way. She does watch telly but it is limited and we're careful about what she watches. She's not into those horrible bratz dolls, thank god and is still happy enough to wear the clothes I choose for her although I'm sure there will come the time when we're saying "you're not going out like that young lady!"
Why can't children just be alowed to be children, to play, have fun, explore, get muddy etc etc, like we used to?

[TPeers]

Two kids channels that DON'T do ads - Playhouse Disney (except endless ads for Disney World) and CBeebies.

I hate all the adverts - Pip finds TV a way of calming herself down - very important for her, so I don't want to ban or limit her but generally it only goes on once her big sister gets home.