Advertising - it works!

Normally, Molly and Alex only watch shows on PBS, which thankfully has very minimal advertising.

CBS recently started showing Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake cartoons on Saturday mornings, and we let Molly watch them yesterday. Of course, the commercials are all for girl's toys. Molly is in their target group, and boy are those commercials working!!!

She was so excited to tell us all about some flower toy that grows plants and has little people inside. The same few commercials are shown over and over, and after each one she told us she really wanted it. After saying she wanted them all, Molly finally declared, "Everything I see on TV, I want for my next birthday!"

Nice.

Oh, and by the way - these are all TERRIBLE looking toys, so please, please do not buy them for her. The flower doll one is like a combination of a junky plastic doll-house and a Chia pet (you actually pour seeds in and have real plants growing on the toy!). Yuck!