Washing pod adverts on kids tv

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Sat watching an episode of pj masks, with my four year old I might add. There’s tonnes of adverts, toys, kids shoes, upcoming kids shows etc. Then there’s an advert for washing pods. It’s the advert where lots of people chuck in the detergent pods into their machines. All I see is a bunch of adults playing with colourful washing pods like they are toys.

Surely this is so wrong to be on kids tv? We go to so much effort to keep them out of reach of kids. There’s been cases over the years of kids thinking they are sweets and getting seriously ill when they eat them.

Aibu? They really shouldn’t be advertised on preschooler tv shows. And it’s a crap advert anyway.

Oh don't be a silly billy op!

I haven’t seen the adverts so can’t comment on them. However my baby got poisoned with one and it was horrific.

I kept them in a locked cupboard so high I had to stand on tiptoes to reach it. Didn’t stop it happening. I hadn’t realised the washing machine hadn’t actually gone on. Came back later, got a duvet cover out of the machine. The pod got caught up in it and fell on the floor. In the few seconds I was standing there trying to work out why the duvet cover was still dry my baby picked it up and ate it.

The doctors said it was fairly common and mainly happened when shopping was being put away. If you can honestly say you always put them away immediately and would never ever be distracted by a sibling having a tantrum/needing the toilet/a phone ringing etc you’re a better parent than me. It takes literally seconds.

Explain why it’s not the same logic. Slimming pills and washing tablets are things that are used by parents and that should be kept out of reach of children.

Slimming pills and condoms oh dearie me it really isn't the same and ultimately it is a parents job to keep their kids safe.

Buffalo, Easy to do as you say, I often get distracted putting my shopping away. And I have a gate and cupboard locks but my preschooler can climb gates now. Only takes seconds as you say.

I’m not a troll. I’ve reported your post as it’s against rules.

It's really quite simple.

Slimming pill ads are questionable for children's TV because they usually refer to weight, diet, and show a before and after pic = not great for small children to be seeing the message that food and weight can be a problem enough to warrant diet pills. Adults are old enough to understand (well, some are) "everything in moderation"

Condoms are obviously out because adverts for Johnny's talk about shagging = small children don't need to know about this yet and it's inappropriate. Again some adults are old enough to understand this.

Washing pod adverts are fine because washing is not a negative message and is a benign every day activity that kids see parents do, and it's a parents responsibility to keep them away from kids.

Hth :)

I don't think it is but you go ahead!

Just watch another channel, OP? My kids watch CBeebies and Netflix so they’ve never seen an advert. I hate any sort of TV advertising around kids programmes and so quite happy to pay my license fee and Netflix subscription in order to avoid them.

Really can't believe I've just had to explain why washing pod adverts are fine for kids TV but adverts suggesting weight and food can be an issue and promoting sex isn't

The doctors said it was fairly common and mainly happened when shopping was being put away. If you can honestly say you always put them away immediately and would never ever be distracted by a sibling having a tantrum/needing the toilet/a phone ringing etc you’re a better parent than me. It takes literally seconds.

I cant I have 4 kids. Hence why I dont buy them. sorry what happened to your lo.

Goodness me, do people have nothing better to do than be nasty and poke fun at people’s intelligence and parenting?

creeper I definitely don’t buy them anymore! He’s fine now so it’s all ok but it was terrifying at the time.

Just don't buy them , buy powder or liquid instead.

Tbf op you threw the gauntlet down!

Isn't advertising condoms on kids TV a little bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted?

Haha that’s funny spiteful! True!

Come on, OP. You know that it’s a parents responsibility to keep cleaning materials safely away from children.

It really doesn’t help anyone to have this kind of attitude, it stops people from ever taking responsibility for their own actions and probably wastes an awful lot of hospital, police and court time dealing with idiots who try to sue Unilever or whoever because they didn’t lock their detergents away and a child ate one ‘because I saw a grown up playing with one on telly’.

Surely this is so wrong to be on kids tv? We go to so much effort to keep them out of reach of kids. There’s been cases over the years of kids thinking they are sweets and getting seriously ill when they eat them.

Ok, if you are serious, then surely the adverts are a GOOD thing? If the issue is kids picking up washing tabs, thinking they are sweets and eating them, then it stands to reason that adverts showing them that they are not sweets but for washing clothes can only be good, right? Teaching them they are not for eating.
The advert is not showing children eating them or playing with them, I assume? No, its showing children (who by the way are not watching the adverts about washing anyway) what they are actually for, as well as reminding parents to keep them away from children.

Ergo, you have got it completely arseways.

Absolutely! 100 percent parents responsibility. But it just seems insane to make childproof lids, spend millions advertising their safety THEN stick on a playful advert between pj masks.

I don't buy them because I think they are a terrible product that has no reason to exist. They look like sweets / toys - why?
They can cause severe harm - this has been shown to happen and is very hard to treat before damage is caused.

You are encouraged to not decant caustic chemicals into other bottles in case they are mistaken as a drink - so why do they manufacture a caustic product that looks like a sweet? Yes you can shut them away but accidents have and will continue to happen if you make a product like this.
Would it be acceptable to make rat poison that looked like sweets as long as you put a note to say make sure it gets locked away?

I won't have them or the dishwasher ones in the house and have asked the grandparents to do the same.
It's getting harder to buy dishwasher stuff that isn't in liquitabs though.

Dear God.

If children are confusing them with candy (I’ve never seen a washing pod that looks remotely like candy) then surely kids seeing ads where they’re displayed is a good thing. If they know they’re for washing clothes they’re much less likely to find them interesting or tasty looking.

Why do people seem to need to have all their thinking done for them? It really isn't down to the advertiser to make sure your child doesn't play with detergent. It is the parents responsibility to keep anything toxic away from their children.

When I was young I used to love a show called Ace lightning where the hero would power up by sticking his hands in a transformer and absorbing the electricity. It was still my mother's responsibility to keep me from sticking my fingers in the plug socket. It wouldn't have been the BBCs fault if I had electrocuted myself while inadequately supervised.