D and A have been raised on a diet of CBeebies, which has got no adverts. However, that's not available here. In the morning, they watch PBS Kids, which has only very small numbers of wholesome ads ("Read books! They're great!"). But in the afternoons, it's channels with ads.
To start with, they were a little confused - they thought the program was over. They asked what the little programs were, and we explained that they are telling you about things you might want to buy.
And now, every single time they see an advert. That's Every. Single. Time. They say "Buy that Daddy! It's a digger! It goes chung-kerchung-kerchung with its arms!" Then they have to run back to the TV, to see the next thing "Buy that Daddy! It's a doll and it's got a pony! A pony Daddy!"
S explained that we can't buy every single thing that's advertised, because we wouldn't have enough space. A and D thought about this for a while. Now they say "Just buy that Daddy! Just that! It's a car! And it's red!"
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