Comments on: Raising Aware Child Consumers: Labels, China and the Free Market http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/153/aware-child-consumers-china-products/ Candid Reflections of A Female Missioner Pastor In Panama Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:47:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: What Is A Child Worth? | Marvia's Panama Journal http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/153/aware-child-consumers-china-products/comment-page-1/#comment-2134 What Is A Child Worth? | Marvia's Panama Journal Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:41:06 +0000 http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/153/aware-child-consumers-china-products/#comment-2134 [...] Are children worth anything these days? I have to ask, because our actions say otherwise. Children are still God’s treasured creation, but we are failing to treat them as such. Last night, Shellaine (in photo) called me, ‘to talk’. [For those of you who do not know, Shellaine is my now 8 year old cousin "niece/daughter" and the aware child consumer I've spoken about in previous articles on products made in China.] [...] [...] Are children worth anything these days? I have to ask, because our actions say otherwise. Children are still God’s treasured creation, but we are failing to treat them as such. Last night, Shellaine (in photo) called me, ‘to talk’. [For those of you who do not know, Shellaine is my now 8 year old cousin "niece/daughter" and the aware child consumer I've spoken about in previous articles on products made in China.] [...]

]]> By: Marvia http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/153/aware-child-consumers-china-products/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 Marvia Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:15:23 +0000 http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/153/aware-child-consumers-china-products/#comment-1525 Derri, That is what I think would have happened. However, she is still 'in the struggle'. While I was in Jamaica recently, she went for her school bag. She is now in Grade 2 and now using 'hardcover notebooks'. Well this girl was quite pleased to show me she only has one book made in China and all the others were made in Brazil. She made my mother check every book! I know the very potato chips of which you speak. 'Highway robbery' if you ask me. I remember almost 2 decades ago when they were trying to break into the market in Jamaica. The bags were full then. They have become the largest suppliers on the market. Since people keep buying their products, it is obviously taken as a sign of satisfaction. More of us need to voice our dissatisfaction like Shellaine, simply do not buy the stuff. The message will be heard. That is the power of 'We'. Derri,
That is what I think would have happened. However, she is still ‘in the struggle’. While I was in Jamaica recently, she went for her school bag. She is now in Grade 2 and now using ‘hardcover notebooks’.

Well this girl was quite pleased to show me she only has one book made in China and all the others were made in Brazil. She made my mother check every book!

I know the very potato chips of which you speak. ‘Highway robbery’ if you ask me. I remember almost 2 decades ago when they were trying to break into the market in Jamaica. The bags were full then. They have become the largest suppliers on the market.

Since people keep buying their products, it is obviously taken as a sign of satisfaction. More of us need to voice our dissatisfaction like Shellaine, simply do not buy the stuff. The message will be heard. That is the power of ‘We’.

]]> By: dberry http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/153/aware-child-consumers-china-products/comment-page-1/#comment-1524 dberry Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:33:20 +0000 http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/153/aware-child-consumers-china-products/#comment-1524 Boy, your cousin is taking action! I hope she doesn't give up the cause when she realizes there is little to buy, as, much comes from China. I went through a phase when i said i'd only buy locally produced stuff. I learnt the hard way that when you do source the few things we produce (to finish goods stage) they are usually way too expensive. Of course now i understand why. Even though foreign goods aren't the only cause for local production woes, its hard to compete with the goods (at times sub-standard) imported (dumped at times) in our Caribbean countries? You don't have to go as far as China to identify the countries these sub-standard things come from, just try and buy a bag of potato chips! You know the ones i'm talking about, the ones with the big 'export' on them. And what does export mean? Well it means that you fill 1/4 of the bag with chips and the other 3/4 with air. After all ppl importing the chips don't need a full bag! Thats my 1/4 for now... Bless Boy, your cousin is taking action! I hope she doesn’t give up the cause when she realizes there is little to buy, as, much comes from China. I went through a phase when i said i’d only buy locally produced stuff. I learnt the hard way that when you do source the few things we produce (to finish goods stage) they are usually way too expensive. Of course now i understand why. Even though foreign goods aren’t the only cause for local production woes, its hard to compete with the goods (at times sub-standard) imported (dumped at times) in our Caribbean countries?

You don’t have to go as far as China to identify the countries these sub-standard things come from, just try and buy a bag of potato chips! You know the ones i’m talking about, the ones with the big ‘export’ on them. And what does export mean? Well it means that you fill 1/4 of the bag with chips and the other 3/4 with air. After all ppl importing the chips don’t need a full bag!
Thats my 1/4 for now…
Bless

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