4.0 Society and Toy Safety
Toys has been proven to help in children development by shaping their experience, enhancing imagination and affecting behaviours (Yilmaz, 2015). Further research suggest that parents who play together with children encourage them to think, judge and allow quick adapt to changeable environment (Changa & Yehb, 2015). Moreover, the toys are also aided in children’s social skill (Trawick-Smith, 2013).
After several major toy recall, toy’s safety has been the major concern for most parents. Various parties have anticipated in the effort of toy safety. However, society itself has to be educated regard the knowledge to enhance better awareness of the issues.
Educating society has seem to be an effective practise to overcome social issues including overweight and obesity (Chan, et al., 2011); environmental (Zsóka, et al., 2013); and teenage smoking (Ayaz & Açıl, 2015). Consumer can empowered themselves with the consumerism knowledge, and help the society to understand what their role in being the conscious consumer (Mazlan, et al., 2014).
Education should also be delivered to children at any age, allow them to be aware and stay aware from dangerous toy (Mulvaney, et al., 2012).
Several stakeholders beared heavy responsibility in educating society
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This will also eventually reduce the risk and act as a risk reduction mechanism (Galbreath & Shum, 2012). Moreover, employees participation able to foster loyalty through strong relationship (Tang, et al., 2013); this later will lead to a successful management by creating shared values between corporation and employees (Singhapakdia, et al., 2015). Besides that, taking part in the effort to educate consumer will surely raise the brand’s exposure and hence better brand value and reputation; and further complemented to the industry long-term sustainability (Lawton & Rajwani,
Today McDonald’s has many more competitors such as; Carl’s Jr., Sonic, Chick-Fil-A and Burger King, which now provides kid’s meals with toys. Parents are infuriated by the fact that the free toy is making their children want the unhealthy food, yet they feel obligated to buy the meal to make their child happy. Though these children are still more interested in the popular the toy and will beg their parents to buy the meal from the fast food industry. Nevertheless many parents have stood up against the toys in their child’s meal. In Santa Clara, California there has been a banment of toys in children's meals.
For this extended assignment I am going to focus on play and the importance of play is for children and young people. I am going to focus on children up to age of 6. “Play is a spontaneous and active process in which thinking, feeling and doing can flourish.” (http://www.playwales.org.uk/ ). Play is Important for children and young people’s as it can help children to build their confidence.
Fidget spinners are highly popular among kids even with the agreeing and disagreeing of adults and schools. Text evidence 1 supports this because it shows that even when schools started taking action, this action had no effect on the kids population resulting in bigger growth in fidget spinners. With this sudden disagreement in fidgets not only did it increase popularity due to all the attention, but with the ban of fidget spinners gossip started only increasing the wanting on fidget spinners. When understanding the full concepts of fidget spinners adults started arguing whether these fidget spinners affected the population goodly or badly. Both therapists and/or parent and school staff started fighting not only allowing the
5.2 Analyse the role of play in enabling children to learn to manage risk for themselves and others Although we want children to take risks and challenge themselves we also need to manage these risks to ensure the children are safe. Talking to the children about the various risks they could come across whilst playing let’s children make their own choices and decide how they can avoid these
In the article “Kid Kustomers” author Eric Schlosser writes about how in today’s society many companies are targeting children to buy their products. These companies target children to buy a wide range of products not just products intended for children, for example, even automobile and oil companies have specific ads that target the youth. These ads are not only meant for consumption in the present, they are also meant for future consumption of their products. Also, throughout this article, the author includes the seven ways kids nag to their parents to get them to buy whatever they want is also included. In our society, if children throw tantrums or don’t stop their continuous begging and nagging they will get what they want.
More than three billion people, nearly half of the world’s population, has an income of less than $2.50 a day. In addition, more than 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty their income is $1.25 a day. Additionally, this mind-blowing statistic stress the fact that consumer behavior may be the main reason behind poverty. The first use of consumerism term is in 1944 mutual movement in the USA in 1930s.
It will contribute to competitiveness, skills enhancement, employability and capacity to deal with
Additional 1 paragraph Technology and Social Development Technologies effect on children may have an impact on their social development. However, a research stated that “Technological advances will inevitably change society but, in tandem, social factors shape and influence the research, development, commercialization and uses of technology” (Cliff, et.al, 2008). Their analysis then suggests that change in society is natural when there are advances in technology. Children’s focus at this stage of development is running around, playing and interacting with other people.
Children and young adults are identifying with gender roles at a young age due to mass media. Children develop within a society that is gender-specific when it comes to social and behavioral norms. These come from the family’s structure, how they play with others and by themselves, and school. Girls were expected to be more passive while boys were to be more aggressive and expressive with masculine behaviors. “Before the age of three, children can differentiate toys typically used by boys or girls and begin to play with children of their own gender in activities identified with that gender.
Caring Behavioural segmentation • One of the most unique aspect of LEGO products is the way it contributes to learning and development, and this is a clear benefit that the target market seeks. • LEGO bricks benefit young children and allows them to build structures without requiring any particular craft
Children around the world play adult content video game And many parents say it is bad for their children; however video games can actually help their children learn. Approximately 90% of children in the United States play video games, and more than 90% of those games involve mature content that often includes violence (Park, 2014). There are those that believe video games are detrimental to society, however playing video games including those with mature content can actually be beneficial to both individuals and society by increasing knowledge expanding the ability to react positively at real life situations and improving cognitive thinking skills. Children that play video games not only have the potential to increase their ability to learn right from wrong, and to improve their cognitive thinking skills the game can also increase a child’s knowledge.
Over the years there has been a big controversy over whether video games are relatively good or extremely bad for children. Video games are super beneficial to a kid’s learning process and have been proven to increase social skills, productivity, and stress. The fear that video games are harmful to a child, is proven through countless experiments that they are actually great for their growth and brain capacity. Video games can increase the social skills in a child, Xbox and PlayStation provide great opportunities for cooperation and competition. Two different studies, one by Katherine Keyes and the other by Vinay Devnath, both have proved that the use of video games can increase the social skills that many children can’t grasp, “Video game playing is often a collaborative leisure time activity for school-aged children, and these results indicate that children who frequently play video games may be socially cohesive with peers and integrated into the school”( Keyes, PhD).
The current study is the effects of exposure to technology on young children. As we become increasingly more reliant and absorbed in technology, it is no surprise that today’s children have become avid users as well (Hatch, 2011). Children at the age of three or four already have tablets, smart phones, and others; they could easily attain technologies and would even demand for one. As it makes easier for us, technology has both positive and negative impacts especially on young children. It comes with great opportunities but these opportunities likewise come with great risk
Language development is a critical part of a child’s overall development. Language encourages and supports a child’s ability to communicate. Through language, a child is able to understand and define his or her’s feelings and emotions. It also introduces the steps to thinking critically as well as problem-solving, building and maintaining relationships. Learning a language from a social perspective is important because it gives the child the opportunity to interact with others and the environment.
This would attract a pool of workers of the highest caliber, thus leading to more value induced into the company. # Successful communication of perceived strengths of the product: Integrated marketing strategy- This has