Guest blogger Liesl Bradner: My kids are obsessed with infomercials--those seemingly randomly placed ads in between episodes of Spongebob and Jimmy Neutron.

I remember being mesmerized with the Superglue commercials of my youth--the infamous one with the construction worker dangling midair, holding onto his hat that had been super glued to a steel beam. So I figured they were harmless--until one day my daughter offered some helpful advice while I was fumbling for my keys in my purse:

"You know what you need Mama? One of those over the shoulder bags from TV ("The Buxton Bags")--it holds it all and helps you find what you need."

It doesn't help that local stores carry a wide selection of these "As Seen on TV" items. I have my bag of excuses ready for why my kids can't have a toy or candy, but when they give me a fairly convincing argument why we should buy Mighty Putty: "So daddy can fix that crack in the tile you bug him about--it'll look good as new!" I have to say--they make a good point.

I've also been suckered into the PedEgg (because I "have yucky, dry feet") and my 4-year-old son's friend almost had me dialing for Aqua Globes because my "plants needed watering." My best friend has the "GreenBags" because her girls convinced her they'd eat more bananas if they "didn't turn brown overnight."

Um, are our kids watching too much TV? Are we bad parents or victims of smart marketing?