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Wal-Mart is O.K. Consumerism is a wonderful thing if you’re the storeowner or the person who invents the latest trend. But if you’re just a kid who hangs out at the mall, you don’t realize the damaging effects consumerism is having on you. It’s frightening to watch a group of twelve-year-old girls argue over brand name clothing. At twelve years old they shouldn’t know the difference between Limited Too jeans or jeans from Wal-Mart, but they do. The once innocent past time of hanging out at the mall has turned kids into cynical little monsters who argue over brand names and believe the more they spend on something the better it is. A typical day for a kid in middle school includes waking up, going to school, and then running off to the mall, instead of home, to hang out. Most kids that young aren’t able to realize that the decisions they’ll make in their lives are based primarily on the principles and values they are learning at the mall. A major life lesson they are able to witness in full swing while at the mall is consumerism. Everywhere they turn, people are running around shopping and spending money. Even kids who were able to save their allowance can pick from a sea of stores geared specifically towards them. More and more stores with large kid sections, if not the entire store, are popping up all around the malls. The popular store Claire’s is a prime example of a store geared towards young kids. While they do sell jewelry for adults, the pink boas and fuzzy lilac pillows are what they put in the front displays to attract impressionable kids; the adult items are hung way in the back.
Approximate Word count = 1032
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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