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Originally Posted by lancsdave
"Kerry Katona is reportedly being dropped from the Iceland television commercials because she is no longer seen as a model mother."
Not going to win many awards for being quick off the mark are they. Only taken them a couple of years to figure it out  |
What is a model mother though? The idea of the 'oxo' family isn't so common now is it? It's very rare I meet someone who has a good strong nuclear family, often they have divorced parents who have moved on and have new partners, bringing them step brothers and sisters, some people now have lesbian and gay parents, though from my experience lesbian mothers is more common.
If we put an 'ideal' mother on television, how realistic would it really be? Nobody is going to see an Iceland advert and start acting like any mother they put on the screen. Grown women with children aren't like impressionable teens, they aren't going to see her all nice in an iceland advert, admitting to drug use in magasines and think 'i know, I will do my shopping at iceland and act like model mother but snort coke on the sly.