As explained in the below video, corporate marketing departments have figured out child nagging 
contributes to 20-40% of sales. Lucy Hughes Vice President of Initiative Media states you can manipulate consumers into buying your products, if you can get children to nag their parents.
What can parents do if they don’t want to be nagged? One suggestion is to not let your child watch commercials. How can you do this? One idea is to scrap cable television. You can buy a video card for your computer that has video out and stream video live from Netflix.com. This does require a high speed internet connection. If the TV is not digital and doesn’t have a converter, the Netflix films will be the only thing you can watch.
A DVD player is also recommended. Not all videos are currently available to stream live, but you can rent them.
They offer documentaries like The Corporation, which is the film the above video clip was taken from.
Netflix has a fantastic selection of documentaries like James Burke’s Connections. These films look a series of inventions or ideas that lead to something in modern times. There’s films commonly shown on PBS like Nature and Nova. For younger children, even Dora the Explorer and Blue’s Clues are available through Netflix.com
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