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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:35 PM Original message |
Watching 'Baby Einstein' Actually Makes Your Kid Dumber - Disney is Pissed |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Message to moms.. Play with your baby, talk to him-her..do NOT |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yup, yup, yup.... |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I don't think there is any substitute for human interaction with a baby. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. and babies are tactile creatures.. My boys loved touching leaves, ice, water |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. I took my grandson (aged 9 months) out to watch the migrating |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. There isn't from the baby's point of view |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Bingo. And no baby talk. n/t |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Amen to that. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Start reading to them early. I started at four months. It didn't hurt. nt |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. They love it -- use "board books" unless the pages are expendable. nt |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. One of my sons has told me that his first memory is sitting in my |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. I started in embryo form! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. We enjoy a video or two together every now and then. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Legos. They shut a kid up AND make her smarter. Everybody wins. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yes...big fan of Legos. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I don't know how many times I nearly pulled up lame on a Lego |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. lol! True that! Still worth it overall though, I'd say. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. My kids loved Legos, but those things hurt if you step on them |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Beat me to it AG |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Post # 9 beat me to it, also. Stepping on Lego's with bare feet |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. We kids were lincoln log affectionadoes...but what I stepped on |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. legoes, best thing ever. We've been to 2 lego lands so far, 2 more to go |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Legos ROCK!!! |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. everybody wins, until you encounter them barefoot in the dark |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. Legos RULE. I still love them, and I'm 32. |
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Jack Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rec'd. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. M. I. C. (see ya real soon) K. E. Y. (Why? Becasue we LIKE you) |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. My remedy? Less TV, more techno for babies |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Mine is "Throw all the techno stuff away and interact with your kid" |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Human contact?!? What a concept... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. No, no, no, no. Jazz. Definitely jazz. nt |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. WHICH jazz? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I don't consider Kenny G. to be real jazz. I like Brubeck and Monk myself. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. I remember when my children were born, we went round and round with family... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I love Disney movies... |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. and Mickey Mouse gave Mini herpes. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. I heard she was fucking goofy. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's a scientific fact that kids under 2 shouldn't watch TV. n/t. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. "Disney makes kids stupid" ... sure isn't news to me. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well, anyone with a solid education in early child development |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. Sesame Street is seriously dumbed down too. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Isn't Sesame Street owned by Disney these days? |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Disney owns The Muppets now |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Well, I do like Mr. Noodle. |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. yes I enjoy watching the classic sketches on YouTube |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. You Tube has them!...well...I'm heading over! Thanks. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. The only thing Baby Einstein is good for is as a babysitter |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's common sense. They don't call it the boob tube for nothing. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Boobies? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
45. My mom read to me every night |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. i LOVED the intro music to Wall St Week! |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
51. Fuck right wing Disney-ABC....I don't believe a word those asshole republcans have to say. n/t |
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