Tuesday, August 07, 2007

TIME MAGAZINE: VIDEOS BAD FOR TODDLERS.
Baby Einsteins: Not So Smart After All

The claim always seemed too good to be true: park your infant in front of a video and, in no time, he or she will be talking and getting smarter than the neighbor's kid. In the latest study on the effects of popular videos such as the "Baby Einstein" and "Brainy Baby" series, researchers find that these products may be doing more harm than good. And they may actually delay language development in toddlers.

...Three studies have shown that watching television, even if it includes educational programming such as Sesame Street, delays language development.
But apparently it is very effective in raising new generations of terrorists--Hamas is ahead of the curve on that one.

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