Comments on: Vintage Ads Show How Not to Raise Kids

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:10:05 +0000

Just amazing. seems these images ar lost in time.
http://www.jerleaw.com

By: duke

duke — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:21:58 +0000

The Soda Pop ad is a fake. There is no such address as 1515 W. Hart in Chicago and no such thing as the Soda Pop Board of America.
In the Daisy ad the youngest kid is likely holding a pop gun, not a BB gun. Daisy made many toy guns that only made noise or shot corks at very low power.

By: tommyP

tommyP — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:19:08 +0000

So funny I was just shushed by the Librarian!!!
The #12 comment by Karen Gross hit it perfectly,(”…but I personally think that the cultural pendulum has swung a bit too far to the side of neurotic parents who drive their kids everywhere and have to be electronically connected at all times”) I grew up the same way, born in ‘62. We never wore helmets riding bicycles, and as Karen stated that very fun but dangerous game of JARTS!

By: Jax Appleby

Jax Appleby — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:54:31 +0000

A great article. Very funny, but very sad.
This just goes to show you that companies will stop at nothing to sell their products, even exploiting children is fair game.

By: harymarris

harymarris — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:01:38 +0000

Great and humorous article. Advertising has changed but I’m not so sure it’s for the better. My 10 year old daughter and I were watching TV last night when a commercial came on of some very young dancers with thongs on, doing very sexual dancing. Finally, one thong-clad girl turns around and bends over in front of the camera – that pose where her legs are apart and perfectly straight, in high heals. I was sitting there thinking, “What the heck are they advertising here?” It turns out that it was a car commercial or something like that. I can’t remember what it was but it was totally unrelated. They ended it by saying something like, “You want this!” or “Gotta have it!” or something like that. I’m not so sure if I prefer the kids with the gun or young girls in thongs bending over for the cameras. Too much exploitation these days. I would love it if Paula does an article on updated ads that leave you feeling offended or violated while the actual product remains vague.

By: ur guide

ur guide — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:07:41 +0000

superb article…

By: Genevieve Mitchell

Genevieve Mitchell — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:56:31 +0000

I loved this article and want to share it with so many people.

Brilliant

By: RJ Chamberlain

RJ Chamberlain — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:44:12 +0000

These are classic. The best has to be the first one. Beer provide all the nourishment and goodness your baby needs! Brilliant. Well done Paula.

By: cody

cody — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:30:48 +0000

hey man- you gotta put links to images that are big enough to read that small print-
i dunno if you are scanning these or pulling them off the internet, but i wanna read these great ads for myself!

By: Damon Reichardt

Damon Reichardt — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:17:48 +0000

Just goes to show how much times have changed, and how they haven’t, I mean just look at all the pharmaceutical direct to consumer ads!