MSE News: Speedy Cash 'photos with Santa' flyer branded 'irresponsible' by watchdog

Clive_Woody

BillJones wrote: »

I don't have an issue with the ASA asking them to stop, but I'd hope that the effect would be a very minor one. I don't generally favour the ide of plonking children in front of the television unsupervised, though, and so would hope that parents could use one of these being shown as a jumping off point to explain prudence.

Fair enough if you feel the need to supervise your children for the whole time that they are watching television that's obviously your choice. Did you have an upper limit for this supervision or did you plan on watching television alongside them right through their teens to ensure that inappropriate adverts were explained to them?

Personally I would rather adverts were shown on appropriate channels at appropriate times without the need for constant vigilance of the parents.

JuicyJesus

Clive_Woody wrote: »

Fair enough if you feel the need to supervise your children for the whole time that they are watching television that's obviously your choice. Did you have an upper limit for this supervision or did you plan on watching television alongside them right through their teens to ensure that inappropriate adverts were explained to them?

Personally I would rather adverts were shown on appropriate channels at appropriate times without the need for constant vigilance of the parents.

If only there were some kind of Authority that set Standards in Advertising.

jaydeeuk1

How are these 6 year olds going to afford Grand Theft Auto VI now?

Clive_Woody

JuicyJesus wrote: »

If only there were some kind of Authority that set Standards in Advertising.

It'll never catch on....

Nicklt

It's not difficult to start educating children about finance at a young age.

My 6 year old already has a good idea, this is through telling her how me and her mum get money, telling her when things are espensive, getting her to save for things she wants etc.

Sometimes she will ask for little things like sweets for £1.50 and she'll say that if it's too much she will save. We use things like roosterbank where she can save her pocket money.

I think this is more to do with the WANT culture, people are unwilling to wait for things nowadays and want them now so will get silly loans just to get it (of course if you are struggling to afford for or the washing machine packs up that's a different matter).

Spoiling children at a young age and giving them everything they ask for is more damaging that not teaching them finance.

[Deleted User]

And I bet nobody thinks 'oh there could be a motive' when their child is handed a balloon or goody pack at say a travel agents...:o

Still a way to go it would be petty good I guess to see the more misleading loan ad's clamped for instance there is an ad for a peach of a loan company who claim they loan from £50 but actually going by their site they don't really want to lend that amount, funny that, well not for same period as higher amount as their website would indicate...because not everyone wants big figures that they can't afford to manage just a thought that's from this big kid!

BillJones

Clive_Woody wrote: »

Did you have an upper limit for this supervision or did you plan on watching television alongside them right through their teens to ensure that inappropriate adverts were explained to them?

I don't intend on exposing them to much television at all, really, and would hope that by the time they are teenagers they'll be educated enough to not be seduced by that sort of thing.

Who knows how that'll work out, though.