Did Don Draper come up with these ads? Because, seriously. Putting a hat on the Marlboro baby is just overkill, and I expect better of him:
And this one, too, just demonstrates a profound lack of understanding of how parenting is supposed to work:
See? Terrible latch on that bottle, which probably isn't even certified BPA-free. They'd never get away with that today.
Both are an improvement on this one, though, which is from an even earlier era, but still:
That said, at least no-one stuck a stupid hat on the gun-toting kid, because, you know, that's just wrong.














“Papa says it won’t hurt us” wow.