to object to a slim fast soup promotional pack being put in dd's tray at nursery

[pesme]

it is all trendy packaging and says something along the lines of 'yummy soup in your tummy makes you a yummy mummy' barf!

i object to this on so many levels!

1 - exposing dd aged 3 to the diet industry (ok she probably hasn't a clue but this is my high horse)
2 - using my childs tray as a marketing device.
3 - the phrase yummy mummy
4 - slim fast is evil.

Because if we agree that nurseries and schools ARE fair game from a marketing pov then we do allow them to display posters/videos/ads, sell to our children. And while I accept that children do see ads, they spend a lot of time at school and nursery and I don't think they should be seeing them there. It's one of the reasons so many people love Cbeebies, no ads. Althoufgh there's a lot else that's wonderful aout it too.

I can't believe you are all so bothered - if you want some free Slimfast soup - Wahey - take some. If you don't walk on by !! Of course your nursery age children don't need to know about diets - but really - do you seriosly think they know what you were picking up or not picking up ??

Blimey - I've got better things to get worked up about quite frankly !

I'm am really sorry... but Kittypickle's post just made me spew coffee all over the keyboard......

Actually, thinking this thorugh a bit more. I don't really agree with companies using nurseries in this way. I only joined this thread to stick up for Patty as I felt she was unfairly treated.

they're not advertising to the children though

it's not the kind of sinister Ronald McDonald advertising aimed at children to make them demand Happy Meals from their parents

it's samples of stuff for parents. I bet the kids are quite blithely unaware of it

What about beer or wine? Would that have been OK to give out at nursery? After all, yummy wine in your tummy...

wine would be ok for me!

it wasn't wine though was it

or nuclear weapons

get a grip

But Capp, the principle is still that it's an ok avenue, and it's perfectly reasonable to use children who are at school/nursery to sell to parents.

mores the pity

How about getting yer knickers in a twist about something that actually MATTERS??? I can't believe a sachet of soup has prompted so much vitriol and moral indignation.

The poor nursery worker didn't deserve the slating - her view was as valid as any other. Just because she chose to express in it pragmatically without the obvious emotion soup provokes in the majority of the objectors does not give them the right to jump down her throat.

Come on, don't dumb down, MNetters are better than this. Don't like the soup? Chuck the soup. Get over it. Move on.

Hmm, 'get a grip' gosh, that's convinced me.

no they're not using the children

the client at nursery is the parent; they are the paying customer

the company wants to target parents

they didn't send a picture of a slimfast shake for the children to colour with 'I love you mummy and I want to give you a milkshake' on it

It's not much different to having say a Virgin Vie or Phoenix cards stall at a toddler group though really is it ??? It's aimed at the mums - it's marketing - the kids are oblivious !

Oh of course crystalpony, sorry, it doesn't matter, silly me, getting my knickers in a twist. I seem to have mistaken this for a discussion forum.

Ah!
Expalins weird box full of the crap in my kid's nursery.
Someone did ask me if I wanted to take some.
I shall leave you to guess at my reaction.

Crystal, I agree with you. Patty didn't deserve her tongue lashing, she was just putting point across.

So discuss something of worth FGS!!

Capp, you send something home with my child to get some advertising to me, er, yes, you are using my child, of course you are, I don;'t think the marketing people would disagree.

moondog, that is the whole point, you didn't want any, so didn't take any, nobody forced you...

[grips]

Nope, still annoyed about it.

So, Capp, let me get this straight:

Diet products - ok.

Weapons grade plutonium - not ok.

Alcohol - not ok.

I don't think it's such a big deal really .. kids aren't likely to remember it and can't even read properly at that age.
If anything, kids learn more about 'diets' and eating habits from their parents.

Didn't see the Patty stuff but crystalpony, I'll discuss anything I want thanks.

crystal was that aimed at me?

Oh, I don't know, WWW, if I didn't have children, I'd still go to a nursery to see if they had any freebies hanging around.

After all, I need some weapons grade plutonium for my flux capacitor and what better place to look for it than at Busy Bee And Loopy LadyBird Day Nursery.