How do people with small kids handle the ads?

[SoCalDem]

What WOULD you tell a 4 yr old who asks mom to buy him some "personal lubricant":)

and the maxipads with "comfort sheet"...for their doll house maybe??:)

[TheProphetess]

1. My niece asked for Nicorette gum when she was 7 years old

She just thought it was some new type of gum she should be interested in. Not sure how to handle the lubricant question - other than to say "I don't think you need that, honey." :)

[SoCalDem]

3. Ads are ridiculous.. I'm glad my kids are grown

They all wnat what's advertised, even if they don;t know what it's for:)

[alphafemale]

2. Turn off the TV.

How 'bout that?

[SoCalDem]

4. MUST HAVE JON STEWART

:)

[alphafemale]

5. Well ...yeah. But I meant for kids. When they're around.

I wouldn't let a kid watch TDS either.

[SoCalDem]

6. My "baby" is 26.. It's ok for him to watch

:evilgrin:

[alphafemale]

10. I'd hope so. LOL

Mine had to display cynicism independently before I let them watch the "cool stuff."

My Dad was kinda the same with me.

I'd sneak down the stairs on Saturday night and we'd watch SNL together.

I still remember the sound he made when trying to surpress loud laughter as to not wake up Fundie Mom...sleeping in the next room. (We'd of both been busted.)

I miss him lots.

[SW FL Dem]

16. I remember staying up late to watch All in the Family with my Dad

He loved that show. My dad has been gone almost 25 years. I still miss him too.

[alphafemale]

20. I loved AITF too.

Gawd there were some really incredible programs on TV then. FREE!!!

[SW FL Dem]

22. My 14 yr old and I stay up late to watch it these days

Some traditions are worth passing on.

[alphafemale]

23. Are there DVD's of AITF?

We cut the cable teat about 2 years ago.

[SW FL Dem]

24. I don't know

We still have cable, hubby needs his college basketball fix.

[alphafemale]

26. I love everything I've seen, that Carroll O'Conner did.

You could tell he cared.

[tuvor]

12. I would.

[Ptah]

7. It's the Clenis ! ! What will we tell the children? n/t

[dad]

8. We don't watch tv at all when they're awake

except for PBS

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. My kid has never been interested in the personal products commercials...

But he loves the Ionic Breeze. He has it memorized.

[SoCalDem]

11. My boys were suckers for the cereal commercials

:)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Mine too...

It's hard for my little guy to understand my "rules for buying cereal". I'm pretty insistent upon buying only the brand that's on sale, and preferably if I have a coupon to reduce the price more.

[alphafemale]

15. When my daughters first sentence was "Make my clothes Snuggly soft"

When reaching for a brand of fabric softener...

that's when we eased back off the TV.

[name not needed]

14. Funny story

I know someone who works at Wegmans, which is a supermarket near here. She was working at the registers, a 10 year old boy runs up, puts a tube of KY Warming Jelly on the conveyer belt thing, pays with exact change, puts it in his pocket, and runs off.

[alphafemale]

19. Sounds like some sort of initiation...poor little guy.

:D

:rofl:

[SoCalDem]

25. Oh God.. you just reminded me ..

My oldest son used to goad his younger brothers into doing stuff.. Once at a "dennys-like" restaurant he told my youngest what to order when it was his turn.. he told the waitress to bring him hemmorhoid cream.. She laughed so hard as we did too, but the oldest got a talking to.. He was 8 and the little brother 3..

[LastKnight]

17. my 6 year old brother keeps asking for

the tepmurpedic sweedish sleep system, but hes got the little kid/teeth too big for mouth speech impediment. so its funny when he says it.

[LeftyMom]

18. TiVo nt

[progmom]

21. we pretty much only watch stuff on Noggin or On Demand with him

...to avoid the commercials.