Your comment about leaning makes me think that advertising might be a positive (ish). This situation becomes a repeated lesson that not everyone has your best

Your comment about leaning makes me think that advertising might be a positive (ish). This situation becomes a repeated lesson that not everyone has your best interests in mind. For advertising aimed at kids the stakes are low (bugging your parents or wasting allowance on toys, games, candy, etc). Would kids/young adults be at a disadvantage if they don't learn to "tune out" that kind of manipulation?