As Christmas approaches, many children experience the “gimme-gimmes” and write a list of toys that they hope Santa will bring. This is to be expected. Toys give children a chance to learn and be ...

A 2021 survey by Common Sense Media found that 88% of children between the ages of 13 and 18 had their own smartphone, 57% of children between the ages of 8 and 12 had their own tablet and, on average ...

The cereal choices available to children are more nutritious than they were a few years ago. However, a Yale University study says the least nutritious cereals are the ones that run the most ...

One of the top sources of added sugar in children's diets is in their breakfast cereal. A new study shows that advertising drives sales of high-sugar cereals when it's aimed directly at kids under 12 ...

The American Psychological Association recently became the nation’s first professional organization recommending federal restrictions on advertising aimed at children under eight years of age. The ...

More marketers are saying they will pare back or wind down completely their advertising to children, as they try to stay in the good graces of parents and regulators. The 20 companies that comprise ...

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) held its annual Masters of Advertising Law Conference November 11-13 in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona, and wow, children’s advertising and privacy was a ...

High-sugar cereal brands target their TV ads at kids under age 12. A new study finds that this advertising leads to greater household purchases of unhealthy cereals. It is the first study to directly ...

Recently strengthened self-regulatory efforts to curb marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children still do not go far enough to “meaningfully protect” children, argue public health ...

This summer, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) issued new guidelines that, for the first time, cover in-app advertising, influencer marketing, and discrimination. CARU is an independent ...

A study looked at a year of TV ads on a major, free channel in Australia. A new study in Australia looked at how much junk food advertising kids were exposed to and the numbers were staggering. Food ...