Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Parents tricked by Baby Einstein?
Baby development videos like Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby are little more than snake oil and can actually slow a toddler's learning, a new study has found.
For every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants aged eight to 16 months understood an average of six to eight less words than those who did not watch them, the study, published in The Journal of Pediatrics, found.
For toddlers aged 17 to 24 months, the DVDs had neither a positive nor negative effect.
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Baby development videos like Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby are little more than snake oil and can actually slow a toddler's learning, a new study has found.
For every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants aged eight to 16 months understood an average of six to eight less words than those who did not watch them, the study, published in The Journal of Pediatrics, found.
For toddlers aged 17 to 24 months, the DVDs had neither a positive nor negative effect.
Read entire article.
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 12:16 PM 
