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08-16-2007, 05:01 PM
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Baby Einstein
So its turns out that the Baby Einstein videos don't turn your kid into Einstein. To the contrary, like all television, they may slow slow language development in small children.
In the view of the EDF, what other things are widely regarded as beneficial now, which you believe in the future will be shown to be harmful or useless? 
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08-16-2007, 07:01 PM
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Re: Baby Einstein
Guids, the metric that was used for testing language was the amount of vocabulary learned, not the time that the children first spoke. The number of words you know sounds like it should correlate with intelligence.
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08-16-2007, 08:23 PM
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Re: Baby Einstein
The issue I have with baby einstein (and similar products) is that it is selling people this idea that if you don't provide your baby with such and such stimulation, then your baby will somehow be underdeveloped. Numerous studies have debunked that "90% of brain development occurs by age 2" crap.
I just had a baby (well, not me, wife did most of the work, OK, I only did 30-40 seconds of the work) and so have many of my friends. A number of them are completely sold on this crap. First off, you're better off taking the money you would spend on that nonsense and putting it away for college. Second off, the best thing you can do for your baby's development is <gasp> play with him/her!! Read, play, just talk to your baby. It doesn't even matter what. My daughter is 4 months old and tries like crazy to imitate our words. Never seen her try to imitate TV.
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08-17-2007, 07:48 AM
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Re: Baby Einstein
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The issue I have with baby einstein (and similar products) is that it is selling people this idea that if you don't provide your baby with such and such stimulation, then your baby will somehow be underdeveloped. Numerous studies have debunked that "90% of brain development occurs by age 2" crap. I just had a baby (well, not me, wife did most of the work, OK, I only did 30-40 seconds of the work) and so have many of my friends. A number of them are completely sold on this crap. First off, you're better off taking the money you would spend on that nonsense and putting it away for college. Second off, the best thing you can do for your baby's development is <gasp> play with him/her!! Read, play, just talk to your baby. It doesn't even matter what. My daughter is 4 months old and tries like crazy to imitate our words. Never seen her try to imitate TV. [/ QUOTE ] At first, I thought you were making an idiotic post, but now I think I agree with you. The best thing for your baby's development is to interact with him, read to him, introduce new things, etc. Even TV is okay if you are interacting along with watching. But plopping the baby in front of the tube is not helpful. However, if you DON'T interact with your baby, then he will not develop as well as if you did. There are "countless studies" proving that this type of interaction makes a gigantic difference, especially before the age of 2.
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08-16-2007, 08:57 PM
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Re: Baby Einstein
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[ QUOTE ] what correlation does language development have to being smart? In fact i thought einstein didnt talk until he was like 4? [/ QUOTE ] Hence the name..."Baby Einstein". [/ QUOTE ] n1
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#10
08-16-2007, 09:24 PM
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Re: Baby Einstein
Yeah, Baby Einstein is worthless, and may actually be bad for the child. Waste of money.
Anywho, another thing that fits (sorry to keep on the child thing) are those walkers where the kids hang in the air. Bad for a child's development. DDY is right on for what a baby needs. And tummy time...most kids get nowhere near enough of it.
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