Face it, folks. These things never had a chance of working.
Kids are chuckleheads - your included. Just unclench and enjoy the glorious mess that they are until they turn into teenagers and suddenly know way more than you ever did ;-)
Parents who want their children to be Democrat United States Senators purchase and use “Baby Frankenstein.” But it’s only worked once so far.
I was always amused by those parents who would pipe the music of Mozart into their baby’s room for hours on end in an effort to make him/her “smarter.” Not that the music of Mozart isn’t pleasant to listen to but but it’s just funny how people will superstitiously do things that have no basis in scientific fact just because they read about it in a magazine article somewhere - or saw it on Oprah.
LOL!
I’d never return the videos we own. My son loved them. I never had the expectation that he’d become a genius from watching them, either.
You have the option of choosing which language the show is in. I usually picked French or Spanish, and he learned quite a few words in those languages as a result. He’s 3 now and every once and a while, I’ll let him watch one. He gets nostalgic - if that’s possible for a 3 year old.
Any parent who expected their kid to get much of anything out of those videos needs their head examined.
30 minutes of blank tape...
Probably was a better influence than Deadwood DVD’s.
How about some Baby Limbaugh CDs and DVDs? Have to turn the kids away from early. Maybe even some prenatal version just so the kid isn’t warped by the obstetrician. :-)
Cheers!
Hmmm, our boys watched endless repeats of their favorite firefighter videos, Richard Scarry cartoons, Veggie Tales, and our younger son loved construction videos and heavy equipment. Now that they’re 14 and 16, they’re honor students who love all things electronic. The younger one plans to work in mechanical engineering or industrial design one day, and is very good at building things with his very capable dad. The only connection I see between their early childhood videos and current tendencies is that our 14 year old always liked working with materials of construction in some form - just like my husband. No firefighters, no dancing vegetables, and no silly cartoonish kids in the family - just good kids who learn technical stuff quickly. I’d put more on genetics and parental involvement than videos. We’ve invested the time talking to them, building Pinewood cars together, involving them in home repairs . . . the old-fashioned way of raising kids.
Ka-Ching, My daughter has every one ever made.