Band 5+: Advertisements of toys and fast foods are obstacles to children’s physical and mental development, and, at the same time, cause loss of time and money of parents."

It is stated that the hindrance of a child’s psychological and physiological development are primarily on junk food and play toys, which, then can cause for the family to be out of balance on their planned family time and budget. This essay agrees that junk foods cause the child to be problematic in terms of his or her bodily growth. In comparison, toys, with proper guidance by the parents, can cause minimal harm to children.

In these modern times, advertisements are contributing factors for junk foods and plaything equipments to become ubiquitous. Thus, allowing these negative objects to be of easy reach to everyone, especially children. Junk foods are the most problematic product humans can ever invent. It doesn’t just destroy a family’s dietary plan; it also creates an unwanted bodily disorder that happens subsequently. Toys, on the other hand, do not directly cause physical harm. Moreover, toys that are carefully sorted out by a guardian, is actually beneficial to a child’s sensory, motor and cognitive progress.

High tax excise by the government on junk foods can substantially curb the harm caused by these substances. Fast foods companies will act to increase the prices of these junk food items therefore lowering the consumer rate. The revenue collected can be used to treat people suffering from systematic disease associated with these products and has been proven useful to fund campaigns warning people about the dangers brought about by junk foods. The same thing can be applied to toys. Toys that don’t have an education value on it can be sanctioned with higher tax. Meanwhile, those that represents educational desirability has lesser tax consequences.

In conclusion, every product has its good and bad affiliations. It is up to us consumers and parents how we are going to interpret disseminated information of a certain goods. Nevertheless, due to the complexity and heavy competition of today’s invented products, children now needs the best parental decision more than ever, and it is correct to take note that everything must be in moderation.