Behaviors never allowed by my parents or in my household included baby-talk and calling medicines something other than what they are. I still can't stand hearing someone baby-talk a child (or an animal, for that matter); but, what I can't stand even more is seeing children's medicines in shapes that promote the notion it is candy.
I know it's hard to get a kid to take a pill that tastes "gross" or is difficult to swallow. But, I think some manufacturers have gone overboard in their attempts to appeal to children, while marketing to parents. We always managed to get the nasty tasting stuff down, somehow, screwed up faces and all. Melodrama helps, too, if it's funny.
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Behaviors never allowed by my parents or in my household included baby-talk and calling medicines something other than what they are. I still can't stand hearing someone baby-talk a child (or an animal, for that matter); but, what I can't stand even more is seeing children's medicines in shapes that promote the notion it is candy.
I know it's hard to get a kid to take a pill that tastes "gross" or is difficult to swallow. But, I think some manufacturers have gone overboard in their attempts to appeal to children, while marketing to parents. We always managed to get the nasty tasting stuff down, somehow, screwed up faces and all. Melodrama helps, too, if it's funny.
March 12, 2008 - 4:39pmThis Comment
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