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To avoid a lawsuit, the Mouse is offering full refunds on Baby Einstein vids.

“The Walt Disney Company’s entire Baby Einstein marketing regime is based on express and implied claims that their videos are educational and beneficial for early childhood development,” a letter from the lawyers said, calling those claims “false because research shows that television viewing is potentially harmful for very young children.”

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[rsheslin.livejournal.com]

Some of the videos are actually very good. I liked the Numbers Nursery one, as well as the ones that introduce babies to different types of animals. There has also been at least one study that showed that although there may be a correlation between watching television at a young age and slowed development, it's not a bona fide causality, but rather an indicator of other elements of parenting. (Kind of like the statement that "kids who eat dinner with their families are less likely to get into trouble" doesn't mean that shared meals causes kids to be good; it just means that the types of families who eat together are more likely to be more involved and connected with each other.)