Comments on: Baby Einstein Videos: Not a Ticket to Harvard

By: twin mom

twin mom — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:53:40 +0000

I agree with kelly for sure. I’m a stay at home of twin two yr olds. I basically narrate everything that is going on through out the day. This way, they repeat things that I say & really start to understand what things are & how they work. I do own 2 baby einstein dvd’s & I admit, they love them more than any other cartoon they have watched…they learned where theur eyes, nose, mouth, etc was from watching it just a few times. However, I do not sit my kids in front of the tv all day…they watch movies when I need to occupy them for a little while….like when I’m making dinner, or getting ready to go somewhere. Point being: Your kids learn very inportant social skills & basically everything that will set the stage for their personality, learning habits, and pretty much everything from watching you!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:01:31 +0000

If you asked any individual in the 30-45 age bracket where they learned about classical music, I’m almost certain they would state their first exposure was through the Warner Brother’s Bugs Bunny cartoons. Videos may give exposure to certain arts and media, but that exposure is not limited to things marketed as “educational.” Interacting with your child is much more important when they are at a young age. Letting them experience things is truly important to development, but I suggest real interactions instead of staring at a video for hours each day.

By: kelly

kelly — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:42:52 +0000

People need to relax! If you think that after watching a Baby Einstein video (Gallileo)that your child will someday be a rocket scientist…there might just be something wrong with you. And if marketing from the Disney company is just that effective maybe they should market healthy food to the masses! But then no one would fall for that, though, would they? I wish people would take some responsibility for themselves and stop blaming others. You need to speak to your child and interact with them. You use Baby Einstein for the 1/2 hour it takes to make dinner!!!

By: Marlaina

Marlaina — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:51:01 +0000

I would just like to say that my son loved the baby einstein videos and music CDs. He watched his first one when he was about 1.5 and loved them until he was 4! I do not see why people are being so negative about these videos. Some of them are very good and the music I’m sure created a love of classical music in my son at an early age. He had every song on the videos memorized and then borrowed all of the music CDs from the library and matched the songs from the videos (Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven) to the CDs and could tell the difference and recognize every song and the composer. He loved the Meet the Orchestra movie and decided he wanted to learn to play the violin (3 yrs old at the time). I allowed him to start taking lessons when he was 4 and he is still loving it and still playing it at 5.5. Obviously, we spend a lot of time doing other things than just watching these movies and I don’t think they would change any kid into a genius but there is some great stuff in these videos that I think people are missing! The one about the seasons (forget the name of it now) has paintings by Monet and Van Gogh so when we first went to the art gallery my son and daughter were excited because they saw paintings by those artists and new who they were….they now love going to the art gallery and have a great time and I have to drag them out. In addition, the Gallileo one about the solar system gets little minds thinking early about space and the planets but is done in a fun entertaining way. Every time we go to the library my son still loves to bring home 5 or 6 books about the solar system, planets, galaxies, etc.

By: Aari

Aari — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:13:50 +0000

Great piece, thanks!

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:39:36 +0000

You’re kidding right?

By: Frank Lima Dear

Frank Lima Dear — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:37:26 +0000

I’ve been driving with my daughter on my lap since she was 8 months old. I’m sure it will make her a better driver when she gets old. She learnt her numbers by pointing at the speedometer (“Faster, Daddy, Faster”, she would gurgle.) Yes, I’ve had to deal with her occasional cheesing on the steering wheel, but it is worth it to know that she will grow up to be the Dale Earnheardt of her generation.