Advocacy Messages

By nature children are curious and some may say that is a feature that they love about their child. It is important that the adults are mindful of where that curiosity may lead that child to get into and not see the danger in playing with certain items can come with. This particular advertisement is bringing attention to Parents locking up their guns if they have some in the home or on the premises. It does not take any expertise or time for a child to gain access and attempt to play with a live and loaded gun and hurt himself or someone else.

The average child watches more than 21 hours of live television a week and another six hours of pre-recorded television, DVDs and videos. Advertisers strategically play certain commercials during particular programming. This is their marketing tactic to sell more products, or influence children to persuade parents to buy items and where to go for meals and activities.

If you are what you eat, your brain is what it experiences. Video entertainment is like mental junk food for babies and toddlers. American Academy of Pediatrics warned that children need to cut back on screen time because children are just sitting around verse interacting with others, or moving around and being active.  

Some moms have gained a sense of pride in being able to breast feed their child. As of 2015^[update] within the United States, legislation permitting breastfeeding in public has been passed in 49 states and a limited federal law applies to federal government premises.

It's natural and should be celebrated however in all instances that is not the case. This picture depicts a mom who is sitting in a bathroom stall feeding her child. Her facial expression is not that of someone that is happy to be sitting on a toilet as a resting place to feed their child.  

I've worked with teen moms who showed excitement about breast feeding their child and the second it's time to go back to school that excitement weans off and she becomes hesitant  with the idea of continuing because she feels there will not be a place for her to pump at school, or she'll miss a lot of time from class due to leaving out to go pump.