On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > For instance, Kid really wants the toy. Through advertising etc the > kid is convinced they must have it (all their friends got one etc). So > he nags the parents until they relent. Then McDonalds for the cost of > some advertising and cheap plastic gets 4 or 5 sales out of it. In > addition to the positive reinforcer of the toy, the kid gets a sugar > rush (positive hedonic reinforcer) from the soft drink and the carbs > in the food, so he's more likely to want to come back again.
This would be where that 'parenting' thing we discussed earlier would come into play. You can try to blame McDonanld's all you want Larry, but its ultimately the parents who are to blame. There is a very simple and effective way to handle this situation, it starts with the parents saying 'No'. -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331039 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
