Like This is Something New & Different...
I had to share this with ya'll. Believe it or not, an actual study was done in Britain on why little girls cut the hair off or pulled the heads off of their Barbies....like this is some new revelation.
Us girls have been cutting the hair and pulling the heads off of our Barbies since her inception. I know I did it in the 60's. In fact, I used to try to switch heads between Barbie and Skipper. Why? Cause I could. There was no hidden psychological agenda... I did it because I could.
Hey Scottie... I wonder how many of your tax dollars were spent on that brilliant study.
Lisa
Hat tip: Michelle Malkin
News report:
Kids do kids' stuff.
Film at 11...
Posted by: jimmyb | Monday, December 19, 2005 at 05:02 PM
Quote: 'Hey Scottie... I wonder how many of your tax dollars were spent on that brilliant study.'
About £1.50 I should think ;0)
Actually this has been taken from a more serious study on how the big corporations are targeting children to buy their rubbish!
This is an interesting Quote from the research
‘What concerns me is a practice that that has been going on in the States for quite sometime where market researchers will go and find the really, really popular children and make sure that they are given presents of the brands to recommend to their friends. This is either done in the playground or over the internet and has many implications.’
TUT TUT
Posted by: Scottie | Monday, December 19, 2005 at 07:14 PM
Scottie....
I only wish my kids had been some of the children who got the "presents" from the market researchers...then I wouldn't have had to pay all that money for the Barbie Town House and Barbie RV.
In all acutality, if any adult came up on a playground bearing gifts, they would be tackled by the nearest parent as a suspected pedofile and dragged behind the swingset and beaten to a pulp. So I think their concern is a bit over reactive.
Posted by: Lisa | Monday, December 19, 2005 at 08:48 PM
How would a market researcher identify the really popular girls? A long time ago when I was 8, the popular girl of the day was the one who brought candy. By age 13, boob size had replaced confections as the determinant - at least in the eyes of the boys.
Posted by: JohnDewey | Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 02:25 PM
It’s estimated that children are directly or indirectly responsible for £30 billion of spending per year in the UK, Children in the USA must spend treble that amount.
Research also shows that 80% of 10-12 year olds enjoy shopping and 66% of UK 10-12 year olds have TVs in their bedrooms making brands very invasive.
$150 billion, you bet the marketing guys get the stuff to the "cool" kids.
Posted by: Scottie | Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at 04:05 PM