Comments on: Disney to give back money parents spent on Baby Einstein videos

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:03:18 +0000

I have to say that I owe a lot to the Baby Einstien movies. I think they are fantastic! Both of my children, who are now 2 and 3, watched them and adored them as infants and continue to watch them now. I bought them because they are entertaining and they provide my children with pictures, colors, and sounds that I might not be able to give them reguarly. The founder of the Little Einstien company states in one of the movie introductions that these videos were a bridge to educating a child with the parents participation. Parents are supposed to view these movies with their children and discuss them with them. Doing so, parents ARE interacting with their children and the children will benefit for this interaction. My children and I play and talk about the movies. Now my two young children can hum Bach and tap Beethoven, they know that Big Ben is in England, they know an assortment of animals and their sounds,colors,numbers, painters, and they even know their planets! My point is that the movies aresupposed to be a tool to aide parents in teaching their children. I see nothing but value in these movies if used correctly. I say keep your movies!

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By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:35:22 +0000

I got these DVDs from the library, but as Amaris says, I was not expecting my son to start talking after watching them. It is probably bad advertising from Disney, but Baby Einstein is not the only educational video for infants anyways.
The case is that my son enjoyed watching the videos because of the images and the music.

By: Amaris

Amaris — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:02:12 +0000

Any parent who purchased the videos with the thought of teaching an infant valuable information is ignorant and uneducated. The fact they were marketed with that intent does not provide an excuse for ignorance. These videos are not for teaching but merely for entertainment. My daughter was three months old and loved this videos. We would let her watch them for a short period of time. We never thought she was learning colors or words but rather knew she enjoyed the colors, music, and characters. She loved these videos until she was around 18 months old and then moved on. She is six now. She has a wide vocabulary and reads above her grade level. She is bright and articulate. I don’t thank the videos for her intelligence. I thank the videos for providing a little entertainment for my child and a small amount of time where mommy and daddy could unwind while sitting with their small child. I say to all who are outraged at the videos….lighten up and kick yourself for thinking these videos would make your child smarter instead of just pure entertainment.

By: Jessica Bryant

Jessica Bryant — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:52:22 +0000

I totally disagree. The only thing that has kept my disabled child happy in all of his hospital stays is baby einstein. If you have a problem with them, donate them to children with special needs. Donate them to hospitals. It will make you feel better and the child will have a much fulfilled life!

By: dr e schwarz

dr e schwarz — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:25:38 +0000

MEGA DISNEY FINALLY NOW DOING RIGHT THING!

The Disney refund story is incredible positive news in the world of children, parents, and media/technology, etc. It has huge implications for child development and family life and the evolving relationships of kids and families with media companies in popular culture. It is a BIG BIG story!. I am a child psychiatrist and expert in this field and in the process of publishing a book – Kids, Parents, and Technology: An Instruction Manual for Young Families — ETA 1 month or so — I applaud those who fought so hard and even Disney.

EITAN D SCHWARZ MD FAACA

By: Sherry Artemenko

Sherry Artemenko — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:42:16 +0000

Dr. Rich,
As a speech-pathologist who talks to new parents about the value of talking, reading and playing with their infants to build language, I applaud you and your group that is advocating for infants in getting the truth out about baby videos and the myth that they “educate” infants. Every time I see a bookcase full of baby videos in a playroom I see interaction lost.

Hopefully, parents can be released from the guilt of “being the perfect parent” in using valuable time to show these videos to their babies, and move on the the important piece of their relationship, play.

Sherry Artemenko
Play on Words
http://www.playonwords.com

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