Mom knows
No more baby geniuses?
All this brouhaha over Baby Einstein may anger some parents. Some may throw out all their baby DVDs and LeapFrogs. I say something a wise friend told me when my firstborn was days old: "Follow your instinct."
The people at the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood claimed victory in their campaign against Baby Einstein (a Disney company) because Baby Einstein (to avoid a class action lawsuit, I presume) released a statement announcing it was going to begin issuing refunds for its Baby Einstein videos. Buyers of the DVDs can return them to Disney for $15.99 or exchange them for other products.
Nowhere did they admit, though, that the DVDs have no value.
All this brouhaha over Baby Einstein may anger some parents. Some may throw out all their baby DVDs and LeapFrogs. I say something a wise friend told me when my firstborn was days old: "Follow your instinct."
The people at the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood claimed victory in their campaign against Baby Einstein (a Disney company) because Baby Einstein (to avoid a class action lawsuit, I presume) released a statement announcing it was going to begin issuing refunds for its Baby Einstein videos. Buyers of the DVDs can return them to Disney for $15.99 or exchange them for other products.
Nowhere did they admit, though, that the DVDs have no value.
So, yeah, we own a bunch of Baby Einstein DVDs, and we got them for Firstborn Son when they came out in videos only. We have some of the accompanying books too. (So there!) Our favorites were Baby Shakespeare (poetry) and Baby Neptune (water play). Will I throw all this away? Nope.
My boys enjoyed all these DVDs and my baby daughter will too. The Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood, as with every other childhood education expert out there, recommends children under 2 not watch any television at all. I subscribed to that belief....until I had my first child.
I admit I sat Firstborn Son in front of the telly when he was 9 months old, mostly to be able to cook dinner, but also because I was excited to see what his reaction would be to Baby Einstein and Sesame Street. Wonder Boy got an even earlier start at TV because Big Brother wanted to watch, and their baby sister (although she just turns toward the noise these days) is already exposed to TV watching. Are they there all day? No.
So what to make of all the hoopla?
Nothing. Parents should trust their own instincts. I've learned to read up and study on things and then make up my own mind.
Will my boys grow up to be Nobel Prize-winning scientists? Who knows?
Now tell me, what do you think of this My Baby Can Read DVDs?
My boys enjoyed all these DVDs and my baby daughter will too. The Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood, as with every other childhood education expert out there, recommends children under 2 not watch any television at all. I subscribed to that belief....until I had my first child.
I admit I sat Firstborn Son in front of the telly when he was 9 months old, mostly to be able to cook dinner, but also because I was excited to see what his reaction would be to Baby Einstein and Sesame Street. Wonder Boy got an even earlier start at TV because Big Brother wanted to watch, and their baby sister (although she just turns toward the noise these days) is already exposed to TV watching. Are they there all day? No.
So what to make of all the hoopla?
Nothing. Parents should trust their own instincts. I've learned to read up and study on things and then make up my own mind.
Will my boys grow up to be Nobel Prize-winning scientists? Who knows?
Now tell me, what do you think of this My Baby Can Read DVDs?
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