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phooey (267.1 days ago)
All three of my neices watched them and are above the curve in reading, writing, math, and vocabulary development. Their parents did a lot of extra work with them, and still do. It`s not because of the videos, obviously, but I don`t feel that they had a negative impact on the kids.

aprilraine (267.1 days ago)
I think they are overpriced and if you want educational videos for your kids there are many others on the market that are cheaper and just as great if not better. My daughter loves all the baby sign language videos, but I think the `einstein` thing is just a gimmic to make you think it`s making your kids smarter by spending more.

missyv28 (267.1 days ago)
I don`t know where these scientist get their research from or if my son is the exception. He really was never into tv until he turned 1 but he started watching stuff like Seseme Street and Backyardigans and it has NOT detered his talking ability. He is 2 and can talk alot and he is bilangual. If anything those shows have helped him learn his numbers and ABC`s with a little help and encouragement from us of course but the TV`s shows made learning fun for him. Thats just my opinion though, I mean I`m not a big educated scientist haha...

gr8scottswife (267.2 days ago)
Some mothers are single and have to do something. My sister-in-law said as much, and her children are great! I allow Ada to watch every now and then, especially in the mornings so that I can get into bed with my hubby (to make more babies. lol). Anyway, lately, she could care less about television, so she just looks around or plays while it`s on. She used to turn her head and stare every time it was on, no matter what it was, but now she could care less. We don`t have the television on much. Specifically, Baby Einstein, I`ve read that it can cause hyperactivity because of the different colors and flashing those videos, specifically, use. I don`t think the hyperactivity is applicable to all television, just the Baby Einsteins, so no, I wouldn`t let my child watch Baby Einstein.

NeverPreggers (267.2 days ago)
I think it will effect language skills if you use it as a replacement for your attention just so you can get things done. I would prefer to use the `Your Baby Can Read` DVDs instead of Baby Einstein but make sure you talk to your baby and don`t let them watch it all day every day.

sadielady (267.6 days ago)
with my first i thought it was stupid and kind of mean but my son wasnt into tv at all. my daughter on the other hand is sooo into her baby einsteins she would watch it all day if i let her.

ARMYMOM (267.6 days ago)
my son who is 4.5 months old doesn`t care much for baby einstein.. he perfers watching The Price is Right! lol

MelissaJoanne (267.6 days ago)
I don`t understand why a parent would let their baby watch any television, let alone purposely have them watch a baby video. Here`s one excerpt about it: Led by Frederick Zimmerman and Dr. Dimitri Christakis, both at the University of Washington, the research team found that with every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants learned six to eight fewer new vocabulary words than babies who never watched the videos. These products had the strongest detrimental effect on babies 8 to 16 months old, the age at which language skills are starting to form. `The more videos they watched, the fewer words they knew,` says Christakis. `These babies scored about 10% lower on language skills than infants who had not watched these videos.`

busymommyof3 (267.6 days ago)
i think they are overpriced and do the same as watching reg. TV

missyv28 (267.6 days ago)
None of thee above! We had it play for my son but he never got into it. Now that he is 2 he does like the little einsteins. We never had a problem occupying him though. He could usually occupy himself and now that he is older he still occupies himself alot. It`s great haha

GavinsMum (267.6 days ago)
have studies really shown that it affects there language? I was looking into getting it as well actually i was going to go get it tonight but decided to wait til tomorrow. Good question!



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