[sully777]

The consumer group in January had teamed up with the Center for Science in the Public Interest to announce their intention to sue Kellogg and Viacom for marketing unhealthful food to children.

[sully777]

[sully777]

Center for [Junk] Science [Not] In the Public Interest was the advocacy group that said hot buttered popcorn at theatres as well as chinese and mexican food were all dangerous.

[sully777]

Of course, putting cartoons to classical music is not a new invention. I suppose watching Bugs Bunny made me a genius /sarc

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[kpbruinfan]

It's a Boston-based organization from the People's Republic of Taxachusetts. That's all that needs to be said. Having lived there for the first 35 years of my life and then, by God's grace, being able to move away, I suppose I'm an expert on the terrible place it's turned into.

[sully777]

I thought this would be interesting for discussion.

[mother22wife21]

mark

[mother22wife21]

Thanks for posting this. In our homeschooling family we play classical music while our daughter studies, reads or works on projects and she chooses to listen to it in her free time. LOL she has her favorites, and the ones she dislikes intensely. She is 6.
Our son loves his Baby Einstein DVD's. He loves the baby Einstein puppets and all of the antics they get into. I don't expect his IQ to go up because he watches them. He has a good time laughing and dancing to them.
In all things moderation, we don't use them as a baby sitter nor as a way to have a "brainy baby".

[Uddercha0s]

I thought the 3 Stooges were much better things to tube-sit your kids with... Look what it has done for me! :p

[cricket]

Please send these people on a mission somewhere. . .else.

[cricket]

p.s.. . . what kids really need is a 'Liberal-free' childhood.

(So maybe we need a united 'counter' organization to tackle that one. . .and this one and so on and on. . .or go 'one for one'. . .whatever it takes. . .)

[Antoninus]

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood filed a complaint today with the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that the advertising for Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby videos for infants and toddlers is false and deceptive because the products are promoted as educational, the Boston-based consumer advocacy group said.

Haven't we figured out by now, NOTHING good comes out of Boston (at least in the past 50 years). Fortunately, they are becoming less and less relevant.

[flada]

I've been scarfing down Einstein Bagels and I don't feel any smarter.

[Sam Cree]

I don't know about the videos, but spending time with your kids is the way to go, IMO. Reading to them alot is important when they're little. Later, you can read the same books they do and discuss them; it's fun. Take an interest in their school work, keep track of what they're up to, make your home a place they want to be, and want to bring their friends to, be at the school for all activities, but most of all, just *be* with your kids. Make it a close family, respect your children, make sure they respect you. Teach them to be independent. Then you don't need help from commercial products, which can't take your place as parents anyway.

My $.02.