Blog Post 5

My groups purpose for this project is to inform an audience of a major issue of public concern (one that is in fact taking the lives of some children) and is majorly impacting parents, children, and the company of Tide as a whole. However, what we need to come up with is a solution better than parents simply telling their children to stay away from Tide pods. My group needs to do some brainstorming together, but as of now I think a major beneficial change that Tide could use is to make the pods look less “appealing.” (it still blows me away that this is such an issue) but perhaps the company could not use such bright, vibrant colors in the packaging. Additionally, maybe Tide could make them to where they don’t pop open, because I think that is a factor that children like as well. I know that Tide makes the pods look this way so we will buy them, but if that has backfired to a point of a loss in sales they may want to reconsider their packaging. In all honesty, Tide could change the appearance of the pods, but I think this topic is a good leeway into a bigger issue here, which is what youth is doing in today’s society to be considered “cool.” It seems each year the trends are becoming more and more dangerous. For example, the cinnamon challenge, and salt and ice challenge that preceded the Tide pod challenge. I am not sure if it is an influence of society as a whole that is causing this shift towards danger, or an actual change in the minds of the youth. Regardless I think this would be an interesting idea to research deeper into.