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At a time of year when people will fight with each other for the latest toy for their children, and after the trampling death of a store worker in the United States by shoppers who had queued overnight for post-Thanksgiving holiday sales, parents need help to break free of the consumer culture, says the author of a new book, reports Ecumenical News International. In "Overturning the Tables: Consumerism, Children, and the Church", author Julie Kinkaid says most parents underestimate the influence that marketing has on their children. "They'll say, 'I grew up with advertising, and I turned out okay'."
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