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Baby Einstein or Not

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In a
surprising turn of events, Susan Linn, a well known early childhood
advocate at Harvard's Judge Baker Children's Center, humbled the king
of all children's media, The Walt Disney Corporation. Linn's watchdog
advocacy group, Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood sued  Disney because it claimed the Baby Einstein videos it sold were educational for both babies and toddlers.
Inside Pre-K posted a youtube video of Linn speaking about the lawsuit in September. – The company marketed the videos, "created from a baby's point-of-view,"  — as a way for parents to stimulate their children's cognitive development. Due to pressure
from the CCCF and other advocates concerned about the idea of quality
early learning taking place in front of a television, Disney issued a refund voucher for Baby Einstein DVDs purchased within the last five years.

After
CCCF claimed the voucher as a win in their fight against Disney, the company claimed that is has always maintained a money back guarantee on
the product.

 

Now, if I could only get a refund for those twenty minutes I spent watching Hanna Montana with my daughter… 


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