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The Super Bowl, Kids and Adult Commercials
It's easy to forget that children enjoy the Super Bowl too. And that they will watch all those multimillion-dollar commercials meant to appeal to adult humor.
A lot of people will come together to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday night. A few children will watch the game too.
Among the cheese, bratwursts, drinks, halftime show and the game . . . will be the multi-million dollar ads.
While most of them will be family friendly, there may be the stray commercial designed to appeal exclusively to adults.
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To help parents deal with that situation, Patch's sister AOL publication assembled a few tips.
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The short version is below.
- Explain how ads work—They are meant to get attention and help sell products.
- Tell kids that marketing companies try to appeal to certain groups of people.
- Get the kids to think about the purpose of the ads they see.
- Great tasting food, can cause people to overeat, and OVER EAT.
- Use the mute button if all else fails.
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