Born to Buy

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Born to Buy is written by Juliet B. Schor and published by Simon and Schuster. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1439130906 (ISBN 10) and 9781439130902 (ISBN 13).

From the bestselling author of The Overworked American, an illuminating and well-researched account on the consequences of turning younger and younger children into consumers. Marketing targeted at kids is virtually everywhere—in classrooms and textbooks, on the Internet, even at Girl Scout meetings, slumber parties, and the playground. Product placement and other innovations have introduced more subtle advertising to movies and television. Drawing on her own survey research and unprecedented access to the advertising industry, Juliet B. Schor, New York Times bestselling author of The Overworked American, examines how marketing efforts of vast size, scope, and effectiveness have created "commercialized children." Ads and their messages about sex, drugs, and food affect not just what children want to buy, but who they think they are. In this groundbreaking and crucial book, Schor looks at the consequences of the commercialization of childhood and provides guidelines for parents and teachers. She argues that the emotional and social well-being of our children is at stake. Like Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed, Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia, and Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, Born to Buy is a major contribution to our understanding of a contemporary trend and its effects on the culture.