I love watching commercials.\u00a0 Especially with Ryan.\u00a0 He wants to go into marketing as a career so it’s always fun to critique commercials with him.<\/p>\n
But\u00a0last night, Ryan wasn’t with me while I had tuned in the Olympics so John got to hear me\u00a0get annoyed\u00a0at the t.v. instead.\u00a0 It was a Tide commercial and a young girl, about 12 years old, came on and started complaining about not being able to get the $100 pair of jeans she wanted because her mom was able to get the stain out of her older sister’s jeans, turning the jeans into hand-me-downs.<\/p>\n
I get the reference in the commercial to saving $100 on a pair of jeans by using the right laundry soap.\u00a0 It’s become almost ho-hum to hear a commercial talk about saving money.\u00a0 (On a side note:\u00a0 Ore-Ida does a pretty creative job of listing a bunch of ways for families to save money…however, these families are simply not willing to compromise on their choice of french fries.\u00a0 Brilliant.)\u00a0 Money-saving commercials are in vogue and Tide wants to fit in.<\/p>\n
But, honestly, do 12-year old girls really\u00a0need $100 pair of jeans, and are their parents buying them?\u00a0 Kudos to the mom in the commercial for making\u00a0the young girl\u00a0wear the hand-me-down jeans.\u00a0\u00a0 But I couldn’t help think about the message that was being sent about 12-year-olds wearing\u00a0such expensive \u00a0jeans.<\/p>\n
I say, if\u00a0the girl\u00a0wants those jeans so bad, then have her pay the difference between the “regular” cost of a pair of jeans and the designer cost.\u00a0 Let’s see if that doesn’t change her attitude pretty quickly.\u00a0 And, heck, if you gave her a clothing allowance and put her in charge of buying her own clothes, I’ll bet those hand-me-downs may not look all that bad.\u00a0 It’s always amazing how frugal kids become when it’s their money they’re spending.<\/p>\n
And, although he wasn’t with me, I know Ryan would agree.\u00a0 He finally succumbed to his torn-in-the-knees jeans (not a cool look anymore) and bought himself one new pair…on sale…with his clothing allowance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I love watching commercials.\u00a0 Especially with Ryan.\u00a0 He wants to go into marketing as a career so it’s always fun to critique commercials with him. But\u00a0last night, Ryan wasn’t with me while I had tuned in the Olympics so John got to hear me\u00a0get annoyed\u00a0at the t.v. instead.\u00a0 It was a Tide commercial and a young girl, about 12 years old, came on and started complaining about not being able to get the $100 pair of jeans she wanted because…<\/p>\n