sciam.com — Despite the current scientific consensus, companies like Baby Genius and others continue to push DVDs, CDs at parents of babies claiming classical music -- their packaging of classical music! -- will turn their babies into young Einsteins. Uh, no. (What it'll do is turn the companies' senior management into highly compensated people.)
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pmcall221Sep 21, 2007
Babies learn better with feedback. Music and DVD's don't give feedback.
cygnus2112Sep 21, 2007
Jimi Hendrix would have been a better reference. But still dugg for having a good taste in music.
bubbajonesSep 21, 2007
Me too. My daughter loved the Baby Einstein series. At 3 she knew all the letters of the alphabet by sight, all the colors, shapes, and could count to 100. I don't know if the videos helped, but they sure didn't hurt. Anything to give your kid an advantage, right?
esmoSep 21, 2007
This is a marketing scheme that works off an unrelated correlation:1. Highly parents usually listen to and enjoy classical music.2. In turn, they share classical music with their children. They also interest kids in learning and teach them concepts/ideas to help them grow/learn. Because children learn at an earlier age, they will be ahead of kids that don't and thus be classified as smart because they have more experience/interest in learning new things.3. Educated parents also encourage learning an instrument and that helps creativity, work ethic, appreciation of music, etc.The key is for parents to interact with kids and get them interested in classical music, instruments, and learning. Solely listening to 'Baby Einstein' won't make your kid smart.I listened to a lot of classical music when I was young and consider myself above average in intelligence. However, this does not mean because I listened to classical music I became smarter; this is an unrelated connection.
hairyfotrSep 21, 2007
Don't leave the rest of us here in the dark - share the knowledge :)
mikeyzoolanderSep 23, 2007
nice title.