Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colen jotted down the following: > Whether or not they are suffering ill effects is not the question....the > question is whether or not they were taken advantage of All kids are taken advantage of: only the degree differs. Kids act as free labour when doing washing up and grass-cutting. Kids have to suffer tirades and lectures from their parents on matters their parents like to hold tirades and lectures on. Kids (and their parents) are scammed out of millions of dollars each day on products they don't need through targeted marketing which exploits the fact that many kids do not have the maturity to critically decide whether they need something or not. Kids function as social capital in many social settings. Of course, it works both ways, but to a lesser degree. M. - -- Martin Howard | Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | People don't like to be parameters email: howard.390@osu.edu | in an equation. www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------