I totally get why companies market to children. Children are easily smitten by ads and will nag their parents to buy whatever it is they want. Put Pie, my 3-year-old, is a sucker for advertising. In the evenings when I’ve put my younger daughter Luna Pie to bed and I’m DONE, I let the television babysit while I get on the computer. Periodically I’ll hear, “Mama, mama, mira…look. I want that. Peeze can I have that? Peeze?!” Usually it’s for a toy and I’ll answer with a “maybe” or “save your money and maybe you can buy it for yourself.”
The other day I heard the familiar, “Mama, mama, mira…look!” I look up expecting to see a make-your-own-stuffed-animal kit or something along those lines, but instead I see an ad for Life Alert and Put Pie has a desperate crazed look on her face and she’s pleading, “PEEZE MAMA, PEEZE. I WANT ONE!”
Apparently, Put Pie is worried that she might fall and won’t be able to get up. I started laughing hysterically which just made her even more adamant about her request.
Good going Life Alert, you have created a life long desire for your product in a 3-year-old. One day she will proudly sport your pendant.
Seriously, why is a Life Alert commercial playing on a channel that only shows cartoons? Strange and yet I remember the following commercial from childhood, too.
Well at least she didn’t say she wanted to get one for YOU!
The time will come for that. Perhaps she will just let me borrow hers.
How insensative of you Mami! The poor child just wants protection for if she ever falls and can’t get up! Little kids fall all the time you know!! I mean, they usually get up right after and keep doing backflips or whatever it was that made them fall down in the first place, but that’s not the point!!
Leave it to me to miss the point.
Hahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa – oh I love all the wonderful things Put Pie says!
Lifecall was before the extensive 911 system we have now. Did you teach Put Pie about 911? It could be a life saver.
I remember those life alert commercials from my childhood too.
How funny that she wants one!
She’s pretty passionate about wanting it too. She gets mad when I laugh.
Oh that’s just hilarious. 🙂
That is so cute. Most likely there are a lot of elderly people who are back to loving the children’s cartoons!
Poor Put Pie! I hope you assured her that you will help her up if she falls! lol
Funny as this story is – – – I’m sure it is TERRIFYING for Put Pie to see this sweet granny down and out with no help, and she is worried it will be her next. Poor thing!
Haaa! I totally remember that commercial when I was a kid too!
Speaking of stuff you own animal kits… my girls each did a Wuggle Pet this evening. SOOOO DUMB!
My kids see those commercials and they want one for my folks and hubby’s folks. Having that security sure would sound great, even for a little gal…. wait, I think she has that already, it’s called “Mama!!!”
*giggle* Maybe it’s for all the grandmas watching cartoons with their kids? And I actually was expecting that you were going to say that this was something she wanted for you 😉
I hate the commercials and am doing my best to indoctrinate the wee ones with the idea that the commercials think you aren’t as smart as what you actually are and try to talk you into all sorts of things you don’t need, so you have to show that you’re smarter than the commercials and ignore them. Yeah….
Advertising to all the grannys that are babysitting. But…then again, if my granny were fragile enough that she needed this button, I wouldn’t feel very good about leaving my kids in her care 🙂
LOL I really loved this! Also your poem above it about cramping. There are good things to be said about menopause. And speaking of advertising, you also sold me on the knitted cam app!
Kids absorb everything…I wonder if life alert is hoping the child will say “‘mommy we should get grandma one of these”
That’s really funny. Next thing you know, she’ll be wanting one of those cool scooters! 🙂