Barbie (argument)

I think one of the most important things that a child should have is to have a great and vast imagination and they should put themselves in their own fantasy. In Cinderella ate my Daughter, Peggy Orenstein states that as boys and girls grown up toys influence who they are. She is also convinced that girls that play with these toys aren’t worried about important things like realistic goals, and doing well in school. They are more interested into appearances like make up, clothing, hair, jewelry; the whole glamorous lifestyle. The “princess phase” another thing Orenstein brings up, which she basically is saying that girls grown up in the super girly girl phase, princess like, I love pink, and just expecting the good life in the palm of their hand.

To wrap up Orenstein her beliefs in toy industries effect young children in making their views on the unrealistic end of the spectrum and there is a perfect life.

            I would say that I was a normal child and as a normal child I mean that I had toy chests of toys and action figures. Me playing with toys definitely did not diminish any morals or put me in a world where I thought life was going to be as fantastic as the play sets for my action figures.  If anything toys that helped me define me as an individual and broadened my personality in making me the man I am today. I like all of my cousins and friends had toys and spent most of their childhood with the same and or similar toys, we all have the perfect mind set about life and all are pursuing careers for ourselves; I do not think that is a coincidence. I fell that toys should be advertised more than ever now that we are starting to be a new generation of children that use more technology at a youthful age. So no I do not agree with Orenstein it is almost comically that people could believe toys have a relationship on a negative growth but hey that’s my opinion.

  
question: do people really believe toys can change a child? if so what would you do to raise your child?

http://www.learningpathways.com/archive/toys

Unlearning the Myths (quotes)

#1
"The secret education as children writers Ariel Dorfman dubs it, delivered by children books and movies instruct people to accepts the world as its portrayed."

What Dorfman is trying to say that "secret education" in media is allowing the youth to be influenced by negativity and will help corrupt minds while growing up but she does not believe in that and says there is a real world and their is entertainment do not confused the two. Entertainment is there to entertain even though it may not be socially correct. 

#2
"Do you agree with Dorfman's position that children receive a 'secret education' in the media? do you remember any incidents from your own childhood that support his allegations?"

Yes i do agree that some children receive a "secret education" but to a certain extent, like some more than others but the others are the average number that do not receive the "secret education". Also that with " secret education" that they see and learn it but it just something they don't take in and will change their growing up behaviors. I grew up watching the most amount of cartoons a kid can from waking up at 8 am and watching cartoons all day and also watching any Disney movie you can name. It didn't do anything at all to negatively influence me not one bit but if it did do anything it opened up my mind, media only can be  a simply little factor tied in with many other factors like parental teachings and our community to say the least.

#3
"Turning it off cant stop it, the sexism and racism, you cant escape,  and now that they've started analyzing, they cant stop analyzing the rest of the world."

This quote is saying that as much as a negative impact you think that media my portray i.e sexism and racism you can get away from it were in a world where no matter where you go its will be there, you cant hide from it or make it go away. Because people especially in media are trying to keep your attention, make you laugh, be wowed, and do the undetectable so in their world their making their money and doing their job. but now that you are having an investigating mind to figure out, solve or try to figure out what the secret message is. You are going to have that mind set when it comes to regular things in real life situations which is may not be the best solution to things. Such as people, places, food, conversations, activities, teachings, school, politics etc. it can be positives but it also can be very negative if you are analyzing simple children movies. 

comment: many people said they didnt want to read this because they didnt want to ruin their childhood movies but i think it just wowed me and just have me more reason to watch it from my grown up angle

http://listverse.com/2009/05/10/top-10-hidden-images-found-in-cartoons/