Television advertising aimed directly at children should be banned or regulated.

"Give me a child from any background and I'll turn him into anything you want- a scientist, politician, or even a criminal." - American psychologist Edward Chance Tolman. "These methods are used today by advertisers to turn children into consumers." According to catholiceducation.org, the average American child ages 2-11 watches 1,197 minutes of television each week. That is almost 20 hours of television! In those 20 hours, kids age 2-11 see approximately 140 food advertisements. In a year, ch...