New research shows that Baby Einstein might better be named Baby Paul Shore

I have to admit that I have seen these at BabiesRUs and had thought that they would be great babysitters, err educational aids. Appearantly they are not such good ideas after all since a study came out basically stating that kids under 2 who watches these videos are actually dumber, err I mean learn less words, than their counterparts…

Very interesting indeed… Here’s what they say:

Babies who watch the videos are less verbally proficient than those who do not; researchers found that for every hour that an infant between 8 to 16 months old spends watching a brain DVD, he understands, on average, 6 to 8 fewer words than a kid who didn’t do Einstein.

The article can be found on Machinist.

I guess we will be back to my original plan:
Playing PS3 games together with Lorelai on her new flat screen HD Plasma, which will help her mental, verbal, and physical abilities.