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Not So Good After All
A friend pointed me to an article that I don't mind at all today. Apparently, and this wasn't really a revelation to me but it's nice to hear anyway, Baby Einstein really doesn't help your kid at all. In fact, some argument could be made that Baby Einstein videos actually slow down vocabulary absorption in the very young.
After reading Slate's article about and ensuing argument with the creator of Baby Einstein (I know I've mentioned them here before), it only pleases me that I don't have to feel even self-conscious about not showing these things to my kids. Felix was given a Baby Einstein DVD as an infant (the Bach one) but wouldn't even look in the direction of the television when it was on. This was a relief because those DVD's are incredibly annoying. Why would anyone want to listen to creepy synthesizer Bach pieces? Babies may have bad taste, but why encourage it? Anyway, Felix still doesn't much like TV.
Though he does like nature documentaries (he has been loving the David Attenborough Life of Birds series) and is willing to take a rather liberal view of the genre. Recently, Felix discovered the Muppet Show DVD's his parents have for their own nostalgia indulging purposes and, thinking it would be a documentary about frogs (Kermit is on the box cover) demanded to watch. His primary reaction, through all of the songs and dances and muppet insanity was to announce: "Look! Purple giraffes! Dancing."
posted by Elise at 11:47 AM
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