Perhaps most important: is children's play supposed to be about information-gathering? What kind of society allows a company to use child play in that invasive and abusive way?
When Mattel releases this product the Fall, the marketing will be over-whelming. Mattel is struggling; its profits tumbled 59 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014. This could well be the product the company is hoping will bring back the black ink. That means your children, particularly girls, will be exposed to the continuum of coaxing to pressure that is modern marketing and advertising in this country. That's tough to resist, particularly for a youngster.
Police state surveillance now involves our children.
(Thanks to Maritza Arrast-a for bringing this one to our attention.)
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