A non-Cora-related post for once. I just saw this news report and thought I would share with any of my friends who may use Baby Einstein videos with their infants. Disney is now recalling videos targeted at infants and has had to remove the word “educational” from their packaging:
“The academic studies show that what infants learn from watching a family member once takes them four times as long to absorb in a DVD. And the very act of watching a DVD with the pulsing refresh rate of the screen can be at the same time soporific and stimulating, making it more difficult for them to get restful sleep. The only thing they learn from these DVDs is how to watch television.”
Good times. Next post we’ll be back to our regularly-scheduled Cora updates (which I am woefully behind on — I have lots of new pics to post soon!)
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October 31st, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I can guess that’s one last thing I need to buy. Hope you guys are doing well. See you in December at Chris’ graduation.
December 28th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Wow, thanks for sharing this.