Comments on: Disney “Baby Einstein” DVD to be refunded for harming children’s learning abilities

By: Richard May

Richard May — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:02:58 +0000

It seems logical that when we read we learn at our own pace timing the information gathering to what suits us best and I mean how many of us have had to re read a sentence , a word or even a page.
Also we have to manually add our own mental images which means surely creativeness and finding our own images we prefer unconsciously to use.
Rather than being spoon fed!

By: Gavin Turner

Gavin Turner — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:58:05 +0000

I thought it was a well known fact that Albert Einstein’s language barely developed during his infancy?

The reason he was such an advanced thinker was that during a vital stage his brain’s capacity wasn’t taken up by the learning of a language, and instead was turned to problem solving – i.e. his EQ didn’t develop (emotional intelligence) but his IQ was boosted hugely.

So baring this in mind, the Disney DVD does exactly what it says on the tin.

Parents should ask themselves, do they really want to be the mother or father of an ‘einstein baby’ i.e. a socially retarded recluse?

By: Gail

Gail — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:39:24 +0000

Drunken inspiration. Derren?

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:44:43 +0000

HUh? But what if you read the book once, and watch the show 10 times, as kids might? What if you have an audio and visual memory? I find I still remember stuff I watched on tv or songs I had on audio tape as a kid, so these findings don’t click for me. IT also seems like a bit of a step backwards in this media rich world.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:39:29 +0000

Shame they aren’t so keen to refund anywhere else

By: Pseudonym

Pseudonym — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:55:59 +0000

I have a daughter, now almost ten years old, who has mild autism (and in case anyone is curious, thimerosal was no longer used in Australian vaccines by the time it came for her to be immunised, so there).

Her language skills were quite low for her age; she was evaluated to be three standard deviations below normal. We got her some of the early “Baby Einstein” DVDs, and it did wonders for her.

So while I wouldn’t show them to an infant, for a preschooler with developmental delay (i.e. outside one or two sigma), these may be useful. As always, this is not medical advice, and you should always consult your child’s paediatrician first.

By: Josh D

Josh D — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:21:05 +0000

How you found this at 12.52 is beyond me…