Dec 06
2007
Commercialized Schools, The Other Side of the Equation
| Scholastic, consumerism, corporate irresponsibility, marketing in schools, marketing to children, public education, social inequality | 17 Comments
God, how self-absorbed can I be? (very.)
My concerns with the commercialization of childhood have to do with the damage done to kids by socializing them to be not only consumers, but consumerist, to define themselves and others by what the clothes they wear, the cache of their cell phone, the bag they carry, the gaming system they have, the sneakers they own, and/or their MP3 player, Read the complete Post.