A completely ridiculous story today from NPR.org: "Consumer Group Sues McDonald's Over Happy Meal Toys." Yep, that's right. "The Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a lawsuit today against McDonald's in state court in California to stop the company from advertising toys with Happy Meals." NPR.org
"Marketing to kids is an end-run around parental control," says Stephen Gardner, CSPI's director of litigation. But wait?? What about that "parental control"? How many children under the age of 8 are actually able to buy a Happy Meal? Plaintiff Monet Parham, a 41-year-old mother of two from Sacramento, is just "fed up with the pestering". So it is really worth all the time and money spent on a lawsuit so that this mom just doesn't have to say no?
Ms. Parham has other options. Don't let the kids watch television, and definitely don't hit the drive thru.
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