McDonald's newest "smart" way to target its kids market.

In Seminole County,
McDonald's paid for the cost of printing reportcard jackets
for the year 2007-2008,
and it's then allowed to stick
a Happy Meal coupon on the card's cover.
There's even a more innovative way to encourage kids to have Happy Meal:
children who earn all A's and B's, have 2 or fewer absences,
are "honored" to a free Happy Meal.

Now that the children are connecting a good child image
with a reward from McDonald's.

This is certainly a nifty marketing idea.
But
concerning all those health issues.
Is McDonald's putting children's health at risk?
However,
fairly i would say,
McDonald's is targeting at kids who potentially will be
addicted to its food heavily!

On the other hand,
parents, instead of complaing the fast food giant,
should educate their children adequately.

I knew a mother with a 10-years old daugther.
The mother always tells her daugther
Happy Meal can be and only can be her award,
which means they would have McDonald's once a month
or twice at most.

Now with the report card,
logically speaking,
childrend would have and only have Happy Meal
3-4 times a year.
NICE~ ay?

The point is,
we don't fight with each other,
we LISTEN to the children.

If children want Happy Meal,
McDonald's is kindly offering them a free one,
and parents are fiercely againsting children's want.
The result is: they want MORE,
and McDonald's wins.
It is tremendouls important to realize that,
when we open our mind and listen to others,
others listen to us.
I care about:
What do you think of McDonald's?
What do you think of how children would think of McDonald's?
Do you always assume how people think
and don't bother to listen to them?