The problem these days, as I’ve seen for myself, some parents are not strict like that. Children get away with less than acceptable behaviour, it seems easier not to bother with discipline and as a result we have some ‘little brats’, as can often be seen at times.
It might sound harsh these days but the old saying comes to mind “spare the rod and spoil the child”. Not that I agree with the reference to ‘rod’ and its obvious connotations but I am sure most will understand the meaning of strict but fair discipline.
Well, like I mentioned before when this was brought up, I would have shoved a mop and cleaner in his hands before he got the chance to flop all over the sofa!
I agree that ad was in bad taste, but I bet that lad really enjoyed making it & I don’t think he really is the brat he was acting. He’s probably a very nice kid.
I often feel that ads influence people’s behaviour, so an ad like that is telling children it is ok to behave like that. The mother just sat there, so people would think “It is Ok to let your kids make a mess.”
If any child behaved like that with me, they would have not been allowed out again till the place was restored to how it looked before & I would alson expect him to write a sincere apology to his sister.
I know it was just an ad, bit I think it also demonstrates how awful some undisciplined children can be!
Brats such as that one abound where I live. The places to see them are in supermarkets and their associated car parks where the parent(s) exercise little or no control over their little darlings. Many a time I have seen my wife trying her best to contain what she would like to say but refrained.
But they weren’t told to withdraw it because of it’s controversial content.
They were told to withdraw it because it was misleading and implied John Lewis insurance would cover intentional damage by children, which it doesn’t.
“This advert has been withdrawn because the Financial Conduct Authority considers the content to be potentially misleading and could cause customers to be confused about John Lewis’s new home contents insurance offering.”
We don’t want to give companies freedom of speech to misrepresent their products in order to sell them.
I didn’t have a problem with it from that point of view and while the kids behaviour got on my nerves I wouldn’t have demanded it got withdrawn for that
But I thinking being made to withdraw it because it’s misleading is fair enough
Mind you, John Lewis got a lot of free publicity over it, didn’t they?
JUST A WARNING…
I got my home contents cover years ago , via my bank, who it seems obviously got paid for the number of policies it sold! That arrangement has now come to an end so they offered to quote me on a new policy. The original quote was for £27 per month & is now down to £9 per month, so it sounded good …BUT
there are now excesses of up to £350 for damaged goods that I have to pay.
You now need an expert to understand what you home contents insurance covers and what it doesn’t!
marciniak
