Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I'm not supposed to blog today as I feel exhausted, though I didn't do anything strenuous at all, I just did my usual 6 to finish drill but I really, really feel tired, I even sans Cafe World on my activity list *grins*. What prompted me to write this post is the news that the Little Einstein videos that proliferated our parenting era is just a scam. I may not live in the US but I was one of those mommies who spent money buying those Little Einstein videos, audios and books for my son when he was just a baby, I accumulated a number of books, cd's, vcd's and dvd's along the way, not just of Little Einstein but of others as well, I'm talking about Barney, Elmo and the rest of the Sesame Street gang, Dora, Thomas and Friends, Bob the Builder, Backyardigans and so on and so forth, does that mean they are all scams?
The New York Times reported Thursday that Disney is offering a refund to buyers of its ubiquitous “Baby Einstein” videos, which did not, as promised, turn babies into wunderkinds. Apparently, all those puppets, bright colors, and songs were what we had feared all along—a mind-numbing way to occupy infants.I don't think this is the kind of news that parents around the globe will take lightly, I know I wouldn't.
This news has rocked the parenting world, which had embraced the videos as a miraculous child-rearing staple. Videos that make your kid smarter while you prepare dinner? Genius!
Or not. According to the article, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under two years old stay away from watching screens. In the letter threatening Disney with a class-action lawsuit for "deceptive advertising," public health lawyers hired by Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood cited a study which found a link between early television exposure and later problems with attention span.
I would like to believe that I did good with my son but what if I did not *in deep thought* *sigh*?
*** photo courtesy of yahoo news
Labels: Personal Stories, Public Matters
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I'm talking about Barney, Elmo and the rest of the Sesame Street gang, Dora, Thomas and Friends, Bob the Builder, Backyardigans and so on and so forth, does that mean they are all scams?
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