Does This Disturb You? Docu Screening Explores Effects of Commercialism on Kids

"Consuming Kids", a new documentary by the Media Education Foundation is described as "an eye-opening account of the pervasive and pernicious effects of children’s advertising on the health and well-being of kids."

The film explores the increasingly pervasive ways corporations attempt to access the daily habits of American children hoping to shape them into lifelong consumers.

Hear what some reviewers of the film had to say:

"An outstanding film with an urgent message, Consuming Kids is remarkably researched and elegantly executed. It leaves no room for doubt that relentless marketing to children is hurting their mental and physical health. Turning a child's sandbox, filled with so much imaginative potential, into a shopping mall is a crime. It is not what children consume, but what they are directed to think and feel about themselves and their world that is really at stake."
- Chyng Sun, Ph.D. | Creator of Mickey Mouse Monopoly

"Like never before, children today are plagued by a variety of ills, from violence to hyper-sexualization to obesity to rampant materialism. Consuming Kids connects these dots, showing how these problems all relate back to corporate marketers preying on our children for profit. Watching this movie will open the eyes of everyone who cares about children to the disturbing new realities of our consumer culture."
- Tim Kasser | Associate Professor of Psychology at Knox College | Author of The High Price of Materialism

A free screening of "Consuming Kids" will be held Sunday at the Oak Park Public Library at 2:30 p.m. Organizers request those attending to RSVP as space is limited. Several other upcoming screenings in the area are listed here for those unable to attend Sunday's screening.

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I will check that out in my area...seems like something every parent should watch. Not that we really want to know....deep down.