Your closing sums it up: there are bigger fish to fry if parents are genuinely mad this product isn't “working.”

Your closing sums it up: there are bigger fish to fry if parents are genuinely mad this product isn't “working.”

Your closing sums it up: there are bigger fish to fry if parents are genuinely mad this product isn't “working.”

My question, where's my refund on the public school education I got? Cause I didn't learn many lessons that rocked my world more than the shapes and words and classical music of Baby Einstein. I did, however, read copious amounts outside of school. I engaged in conversations with my elders from the time I could speak on about religion, politics, philosophies, etc. I took the building blocks that were afforded to me and challenged myself, along with the constant driving and developing of my parents.

I still remember my Mom tearing into my 8th grade parent/teacher conf with an English teacher at my new school and saying “Elisa has read every book you have on your reading list for the year, she read them in 5th and 6th grade. I want you to create a personalized reading list and Elisa will stay after school one afternoon every other week to work with you on more advanced literature.” Most would have thought it was punishment. I loved it.

In case you can't tell, I'm feeling for Disney because I am SO SICK AND TIRED OF THE STUPID LITIGIOUS SOCIETY WE LIVE IN. Really parents? You sat your kids in a swing for hours a day* watching the bouncing red ball and they aren't performing neurosurgery at the age of 6? I'm completely shocked and awed by this. COMPLETELY. I'm curious how they are testing for “intelligence.” Are they considering things like parental IQ, siblings, environment, phsyical attributes, mental and learning disabilities…any of the BAJILLION variables that come in to play with intelligence? Did you do anything to foster a love for learning in your children beyond an apparent dependence on some video?

I'm gonna create a study that shows that children that stick peas up their nose are destined for a career with a guaranteed 6 figure salary. I feel their curiosity, initiative, and self-sufficiency will serve them well in adulthood. I'll let you know the results.

Ok, I should probably stop now…

(* I mentioned my neice watches Baby Einstein, and parents I am fully aware of the 45 minutes of enraptured peace those videos offer caregivers. I'm hoping not many parents actually do the hours on end of the videos…)

I like their response (with the exception of the victim part). My toddler is now on to Little Einsteins and I love that they expose her to classical music and fine art. I do not expect her to be the next Beethoven or Picasso. It would be nice if she has an appreciation of the arts when she is older as a result.

I appreciate the products Disney offers to children. However, my child is my responsibility and my input needs to be the strongest influences in her life in her early years. If parents think sitting their kids in front of the tv will make their child intelligent, then we have a bigger problem than Disney's over-optimistic branding.