Surveys show that 4 in 5 Americans think there should be more restrictions on children’s advertising, and nearly 9 in 10 think that our consumer culture makes it more difficult to instill positive...

Surveys show that 4 in 5 Americans think there should be more restrictions on children’s advertising, and nearly 9 in 10 think that our consumer culture makes it more difficult to instill positive values in children. Even many of the marketers that Schor interviewed for her study knew something was wrong; they spontaneously expressed ambivalence and guilt about what their work was doing to children.