“I want! I want!! I want!!! Building Good Consumers” is the title of the next Better Kid Care Satellite Program being held at the Grundy County Extension Office. All child care providers and interested parents can participate in the workshop at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 4th at the Grundy County Extension Office in Grundy Center.
Children are constantly bombarded by TV and the internet with advertising for high-sugar, high-fat foods, toys and clothing. The ads are cleverly created to make sure children will want to own whatever is being sold.
Adults often unknowingly aid advertisers, who reap payoffs in billions of dollars of annual spending by child consumers. This workshop will examine advertising and consumer culture and offer ways to reduce its negative effects on young children.
The workshop is part of a statewide Better Kid Care child care provider professional development program produced by the Penn State Cooperative Extension Better Kid Care Program and partially funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Office of Child Development.
If you are interested in attending this satellite program please call the Grundy County Extension Office at 319-824-6979 to pre-register, so that we have enough materials for everyone that night. There is a $5 fee per person to attend this program that is payable at the door that night. The program will provide two hours of DHS training credit.
Brenda Everts
11/19/2008