'Baby Einstein' Not As Good as 'American Idol'?

The ubiquitous 'researchers' have found that babies who watch the enormously popular 'Baby Einstein' or 'Brainy baby' videos learn fewer words than ... . But that's just me. 'Baby Einstein': a bright idea? For every hour a day that babies 8 to 16 months old were shown such popular series as "Brainy Baby" or "Baby Einstein," they knew six to eight [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 02:00:20
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Not-so-brainy babies

Smart parents who want smart children talk to their babies. They don’t park them in front of the TV set with a Baby Einstein or Brainy Baby DVD ... programming such as Sesame Street, delays language development. Furthermore, watching the quick-cutting ... . Watching baby DVDs and videos retards language development, concludes a study by Frederick [more...]

Date: 2007-08-07 22:13:26
Blog: Joanne Jacobs...

Expensive Dinner

I hope I am not turning this blog into a ranting blog but really can't helped it. It's the weekend so hubs suggested we to dine out yesterday evening. We went to Ngee Ann City as I wanted to get more Brainy Baby CDs for Ryan. As usual, the place ... Brainy Baby CDs with that amount. Today I asked Linda to cook at home. Hubs deserved some good home [more...]

Date: 2007-09-30 15:40:57
Blog: Etcetera~Etcetera...

Brainy Baby - Left Brain

Suggested Retail Price: $19.95 Amazon.com Best Price: $4.85 (as of 11/10/2007 2:30:55 AM) Discount: 75% Product Description This unique video ( ... both the Left and Right sides of the brain. Left Brain features classical music and gentle voices ... Productions (makers of Bilingual Baby) have produced Brainy Baby, which joins a host of worthy tapes [more...]

Date: 2007-11-10 02:30:55
Blog: GreatDealsClub.com - R...

My Life as a SAHM

@ 16 months 2 weeks 5 days Reality striked me yesterday when I was left with Ryan all alone for the first time; without PILs, without Linda, ... /dryer, brought Ryan to the park, showered the little fella, watched his fav Brainy Baby / Baby Genius, Baby Einstein (they take turns depending which one he picks) again and again, read him some books [more...]

Date: 2007-09-04 16:38:19
Blog: Etcetera~Etcetera...

Attention Geek Dads: Baby Learning DVDs may be bad

A new study by researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute indicates that Baby DVDs like Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby actually hinder the Baby's development. The scientists found that for every hour... [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 13:29:10
Blog: I4U News :: The Technol...

Baby Einstein Turns Kids Into Baby Homer Simpson

Videos marketed to parents as a learning tools for infants may actually stunt their babies' development, ... as 'Brainy Baby' or 'Baby Einstein,' they knew six to eight fewer words than other children." Reading ... are designed to engage a baby's attention, hop from scene to scene with minimal dialogue and include [more...]

Date: 2007-08-07 22:57:11
Blog: Wired Science - Wired B...

Baby Videos May Hinder Language Development

DVDs and videos such as “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby” may hinder, rather than help babies acquire language skills, according to a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. The scientists found that for every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants understood an average of six to eight [more...]

Date: 2007-08-07 13:03:31
Blog: Offsprung: Your life di...

Dumb Babies: "Baby Einstein" Videos Probably Don't Work, Might Even Hurt

babydumbass.jpg A new study quoted by the LA Times says that the popular "Baby Einstein" ... a day that babies 8 to 16 months old were shown such popular series as "Brainy Baby" or "Baby ... their babies' vocabularies using a set of 90 common baby words, including mommy, nose and choo-choo [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 18:49:31
Blog: The Consumerist: Shoppe...

Who Should You Listen To? - Your Parental Instincts - That’s Who!

It’s been well over four weeks since I first read the overview of the paper published by researchers at the University of Washington and the Seattle ... in front of a Brainy Baby or Baby Einstein DVD this team never once met their subjects much less ... and know.) Now, I am no brain research expert.  I don’t even suggest to hold a masters.  What I do [more...]

Date: 2007-08-27 10:37:12
Blog: BOCA BETH: One Song at ...

Who Should You Listen To? - Your Parental Instincts - That’s Who!

It’s been well over four weeks since I first read the overview of the paper published by researchers at the University of Washington and the Seattle ... in front of a Brainy Baby or Baby Einstein DVD this team never once met their subjects much less ... and know.) Now, I am no brain research expert.  I don’t even suggest to hold a masters.  What I do [more...]

Date: 2007-08-27 10:34:12
Blog: BOCA BETH: One Song at ...

here's a glass of water, lady, and a banana for your monkey

first draft confirms: showing your baby those baby einstein videos which are supposed to make him/her smarter, will really make him/her stupider: ... series as brainy baby or baby einstein, they knew six to eight fewer words than other children.d'oh! ... when the baby-but-not-an-einstein-in-chief touted the "baby einstein" creator at the state [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 04:08:26
Blog: skippy the bush kangaro...

Just say no to Baby Einstein - and rethink TV

From the Los Angeles Times: 'Baby Einstein': a bright idea? Infants shown such educational series end up with poorer vocabularies, study finds ... as "Brainy Baby" or "Baby Einstein," they knew six to eight fewer words than other children, the study found ... months. From Time magazine: Baby Einstein not so smart after all The claim always seemed too [more...]

Date: 2007-09-12 14:49:21
Blog: Mommy Life...

Want Your Infant To Talk? Turn Off Baby Einstein...

Einstein_baby "Parents hoping to raise baby Einsteins by using infant educational videos are actually creating baby Homer Simpsons, according to a new study released today. For every hour a day that babies 8 to 16 months old were shown such popular series as 'Brainy Baby' or 'Baby Einstein,' they knew six to eight fewer words [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 11:52:19
Blog: Ethos ...A Cultural Wat...

'Baby Einstein' Makes Your Spud Dumberer

Parents hoping to raise baby Einsteins by using infant educational videos are actually creating baby Homer Simpsons, according to a new study released today. For every hour a day that babies 8 to 16 months old were shown such popular series as "Brainy Baby" or "Baby Einstein," they knew six to eight fewer [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 04:26:14
Blog: linkfilter.net - fresh ...

Study suggests educational DVDs and TV may not be so good for baby after all sesame_street_characters.jpg A new study from researchers at the University of Washington suggests that using educational TV and DVD, such as the "Baby Einstein" and "Brainy Baby" series, or "Sesame Street", may [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 12:01:18
Blog: Tech Digest...

Baby videos may hinder infant language development

Univ of Wash. research: Despite marketing claims, ... the amount of time they expose their children to DVDs and videos such as "Baby Einstein" and "Brainy Baby ... found that for every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants understood an average [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 22:26:47
Blog: Singular Values...

Baby Einstein, Hack Journalism

There's a short, terrible article by Alice Park in Time magazine this month ... a prodigy as well. Popular videos such as the Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby series have attracted ... . I will quote it here in full: "How Not to Raise a Genius: Is Baby Einstein doing your child [more...]

Date: 2007-08-31 23:59:52
Blog: The Pnakotic Manuscript...

Should I Feel Guilty?

Should I Feel Guilty? I found this via Don Surber: ... 8 to 16 months old were shown such popular series as "Brainy Baby" or "Baby Einstein," they knew six ... Parents hoping to raise baby Einsteins by using infant educational videos are actually creating [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 16:24:38
Blog: Right Wing Nation — An ...

Isetan Private Sale

Isetan Private Sale - Members and Guests ONLY I confessed. When I received the above I knew I was going for it ... to the children's department as I have prioritise to get Ryan some new Brainy Baby DVDs. I was really ... with a baby. Alone, I don't mind. I can.. Heehee... So we dashed down and I called MM again. Poor [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 16:44:31
Blog: Etcetera~Etcetera...

Baby Einstein Harmful?

According to Time, dropping a dvd in the player and leaving your kids to watch doesn't help them. In fact, it may have detrimental effects ... " and "Brainy Baby" series, researchers find that these products may be doing more harm than good ... that with every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants learned six to eight fewer new [more...]

Date: 2007-08-07 20:39:00
Blog: Geekdad - Wired Blogs...

Blog Comment: re: Breast-Feeding is Best for a Brainy Baby

I always planned to breastfeed my children, luckily I was introduced to the Mercola website in 2002 before my first pregnancy and from there Weston A. Price and so many others. I can't thank Dr. Mercola enough for all the wonderful info on this site. I was breastfed for 6 mo. my mother stopped because that is what her Dr. told her to do [more...]

Date: 2007-11-09 02:47:07
Blog: Vital Votes - Natural H...

Design brainy babies an easier way?

Back when this blog was young and its was age measured in months, not years, "godless capitalist" (gc) would debate Paul Orwin and Charles Murtaugh, especially on the issue of QTLs which affect normal variation in IQ. When gc made the case for possible genetic engineering of one's offspring to have higher IQs Murtaugh was aghast [more...]

Date: 2007-10-23 12:32:14
Blog: Gene Expression...

Walt Disney demands retraction from UW over controversial press release

... Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help infants' language development,” state that… "Despite marketing ... the amount of time they expose their children to DVD's and videos such as and 'Brainy Baby'. Rather [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 07:51:21
Blog: TECH.BLORGE.com ...

On the Scene: The National at South Street Seaport

The music of the National is dark and brooding, the kind of introverted, ... as they launched into new songs such as "Apartment Story" and "Brainy," with distortion knobs turned ... . "Baby, We'll Be Fine" and "Abel" were winners, as was the piano-driven "Fake Empire," on which two [more...]

Date: 2007-08-20 23:15:20
Blog: Popwatch | Blog | Movie...

Walt Disney demands retraction from UW over controversial press release

... “Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help infants' language development,” state that "Despite ... limit the amount of time they expose their children to DVD's and videos such as and 'Brainy Baby [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 07:55:48
Blog: BLORGE.com ...

Blog Comment: re: re: Breast-Feeding is Best for a Brainy Baby

Masonsmama, keep defending your decision to breastfeed. My oldest weaned herself at 2 and a half and my youngest weaned at 4. Whatever is normal for you and your little one, is absolutely fine. Also, I did not introduce solids until after 9 months. Be fearless [more...]

Date: 2007-11-08 15:15:15
Blog: Vital Votes - Natural H...

...and yet more links

Now that the Frankfurt Book Fair has shut up shop until next year, the coverage is that much more widespread ... of the line for Rebus. Salon has a fascinating joint interview with a seriously brainy couple, Steven ... , the upcoming, much-anticipated GONE BABY GONE. The New Yorker on David Simon and the new season [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 19:00:28
Blog: Confessions of an Idios...

Rhinebeck Hangover

Naturally, as you will read all over, Rhinebeck was wonderful ... is making a baby. Januaryonebab2210 Ruth already did. Ruthwoolybaby2210-1 The prize winning ... . Kelleelovessheep2210 Brainy lady Alison and Rachel scored big time. Rachaliwool2210 Jess threw a party [more...]

Date: 2007-11-06 18:46:33
Blog: Yarn Harlot...

Telluride 2007: Juno

Telluride 2007: JunoIt's SUPERBAD for girls. But in a good way. September 4, 2007 – 3:46 pm ... as boredom, Juno swaps virginities with her best friend Bleeker, a lithe, brainy track star played ... -jerk plays it cool. She arranges to give the baby up for adoption to a couple of grunge-nostalgic [more...]

Date: 2007-09-04 22:46:45
Blog: SpoutBlog » Daily cover...

The National - Live @ Austin City Limits

Due to some extreme Saturday after-partying (basically what you’d expect when you mix a ton of music bloggers + great bands + alcohol) ... . From the new album I saw the band play “Squalor Victoria” “Brainy” “Mistaken For Strangers” “Slow Show” ... . The best moments though, were the songs from Alligator. “Baby, We’ll Be Fine” and “All The Wine” were [more...]

Date: 2007-09-21 23:53:19
Blog: Music For Kids Who Can’...

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

We had another near-fatality during church yesterday. I discovered it when I got home and saw the insides of one very precious Ty Beanie Baby strewn ... the bear's life. This particular Beanie has been a constant companion to Brainy Boy since [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 12:46:36
Blog: Thinks By Me...

Bratz 2007 DVDRip XviD-VoMiT

This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content ... , there are fireworks (created by brainy Jade in chem class), food fights, and lots of cute guys to crush on. Ruling over all: Meredith Baxter Dimly, the Baby Doc Duvalier of high-school politics [more...]

Date: 2007-11-08 17:57:38
Blog: Releaselog | RLSLOG.net...

Educational Videos Drain Baby Brains

From Science: Baby Buyer beware: Videos aimed at improving infant and toddler language skills are not as beneficial for language learning as they ... hurt their vocabularies. Videos like Brainy Baby and Baby Einstein have been marketed to parents ... they watched videos like Baby Einstein. When the team controlled for factors such as socioeconomic [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 10:36:34
Blog: 3quarksdaily...

Pictures Galore

@ 16 months 1 week 6 days Some updates about my little kulingchingkwai. Enjoy~ ~~Good Night Baby~~ The sweet little face that that promised me sweet dreams every night ... in no time. Pic taken during his morning nap ~~Good Morning Baby~~ My 'gai ching' (chicken essence [more...]

Date: 2007-08-28 15:16:13
Blog: Etcetera~Etcetera...

Brainy Baby VCDs

@ 17 months 1 week 2 days I bought Ryan his first piece of Brainy Baby VCD two months ago. That has since become his all time favourite ... entertaining. Like Baby Einstein they also uses music, animals, nature, babies to engage the baby's ... saw pieces of Baby Einsteins, Barney, oethers what not. No Brainy Baby. Anyways, when we were [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 01:28:28
Blog: Etcetera~Etcetera...

Take It Back: Walt Disney Demands Retraction From University of Washington Over Baby Einstein Video Press Release

The Walt Disney Company has issued a press release demanding a retraction from the University of Washington over their "misleading" press release that prompted several news articles about Disney's Baby Einstein videos ... , and our subsidiary The Baby Einstein Company LLC, I write to demand the immediate retraction [more...]

Date: 2007-08-13 20:49:15
Blog: The Consumerist: Shoppe...

Baby Huey Heads Home

Roves_penis Baby Huey - er, I mean, Karl Rove, the man known around the White House as "Boy Genius" ( ... by intellectually average social conservatives for being "brainy" this man characterized himself ... " part, but the "Dick" part is right on. (Thank you, Ian Case.) An overrated strategist, Rove tapped [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 17:24:18
Blog: squidbag...

Synopsis 9

DYLAN O’Leary, a flighty sixth grader, has two fantasies. 1) To meet her father. 2) To talk with animals. She never imagined her dreams would come true. How could she possibly know that crazy red bird, CARDINAL RICHELIEU (RICH) [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 15:31:30
Blog: EVIL EDITOR...

Wrongfully detained for 5 years - the tragic story of Tony Tran

DANA ROBERTSON: You're probably familiar with the names Cornelia Rau and Vivian Solon, ... and his Australian-born son was put into foster care while an attempt was made to deport the boy without [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 03:57:15
Blog: Don't believe the lies,...

Spice Boys

Spice Boys Posted August 24, 2007 at 6:22 PM Artist: Spice Boys Forget super groups. This is the uber-group that will PWN all ... : Sarcastic Spice Lester Jonze: Sporty Spice fistula spume: Posh Spice Joxley: Baby Spice The Boy Flood ... Spice Augusts1: Old Spice 1234chainsaw: Brainy Spice dermahrk: Hipster Spice Hmmm: Lazy Spice hontzd [more...]

Date: 2007-08-24 18:20:49
Blog: Anna - MOG ...

Libtalk Bush Bashing, Rachel Maddow, Baby Einstein

BACKLASH POTENTIAL? Libtalk's Bush-Bashing Obsession Could Help President Are liberal talk radio hosts capable of going even an hour without ... , is quote ‘Parents hoping to raise baby Einsteins by using infant educational videos are actually creating ... baby videos, baby Einstein videos or any so-called infant educational videos. (Maddow repeats [more...]

Date: 2007-08-10 02:51:28
Blog: The Radio Equalizer: Br...

A Picture Is Worth 1k Words

While everyone on Earth is making their way to Las Vegas this weekend for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards (I'll by flying out later on this afternoon), Britney Spears decided to get in a wee bit more shopping before she heads off to Sin City. For some strange reason, [more...]

Date: 2007-09-07 19:10:52
Blog: Pink Is The New Blog | ...

Video Viewing Not Seen As Benefit For Baby Learning

Video Viewing Not Seen As Benefit For Baby Learning Special videos not magic mental development tool for babies ... who watched other programming, such as "Sesame Street" or "SpongeBob SquarePants" or adult shows ... between 8 and 16 months who regularly watched Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby videos knew substantially [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 01:21:54
Blog: FuturePundit ...

Testosterone Patch Improves Sexual Desire in Women

Testosterone Patch Improves Sexual Desire in Women"Posted by Melina on Friday, August 17 @ 09:27:53 CDT Baby DVDs, Videos May Hinder, Not Help, ... their children to DVDs and videos such as "Baby Einstein" and "Brainy Baby." More about [more...]

Date: 2007-08-17 15:42:08
Blog: Impact Lab ...

How TV Makes You Dumb

Does Watching TV Really Make You Dumb? TV makes you dumb. But it’s oh-so-good nonetheless. And therein lays the problem ... t be good for you It’s a passive activity, non-interactive, so watching TV is something that is being done [more...]

Date: 2007-11-04 19:48:03
Blog: Opinionated.net...

Time for Tubby Bye-Bye! Time for Tubby Bye-Bye!

Time for Tubby Bye-Bye! Time for Tubby Bye-Bye! ... 8 to 16 months old were shown such popular series as “Brainy Baby” or “Baby Einstein,” they knew six ... Parents hoping to raise baby Einsteins by using infant educational videos are actually [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 11:46:11
Blog: the new shelton wet/dry...

Baby DVDs may make kids dumb

Baby DVDs may make kids dumb Wed, 2007-08-08 05:59 brain and behavior business and economy ... probably should limit the amount of time they expose their children to DVDs and videos such as “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby.” brain and behavior business and economy [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 12:59:02
Blog: Science Blog...

Baby Educational DVDs claiming to Boost IQ, may do the opposite

Baby Educational DVDs claiming to Boost IQ, may do the opposite August 8th, 2007 | Related entries: Science, Education ... by utilizing infant educational videos such as “Brainy Baby” and even “Baby Enstein”, should avoid ... of six to eight fewer word than infants who did not watch them. The research says that baby DVDs [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 10:33:17
Blog: Tech News, Reviews of P...

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