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Tuesday, September 06, 2005
But Where Did They Get the Barbie-sized Tobacco?
A study released yesterday in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that preschoolers in a role-playing research activity were three to four times more likely to choose alcohol or cigarette from a play store if their parents drank or smoked. According to an AP story reporting on the study, "a 4-year-old girl chose Barbie-sized tobacco in the pretend store and said: “I need this for my man. A man needs cigarettes.”
The kids were allowed to select from a variety of miniature items, including fruit, meat and bread and were mostly from white, college-educated families with lower than average rates of smoking and “fairly high” alcohol use.
Even though it wasn’t a perfect random sample, I must say, as a parent, this was…ahem…sobering.
--Melanie
The kids were allowed to select from a variety of miniature items, including fruit, meat and bread and were mostly from white, college-educated families with lower than average rates of smoking and “fairly high” alcohol use.
Even though it wasn’t a perfect random sample, I must say, as a parent, this was…ahem…sobering.
--Melanie
