No Videos for Babies...

Well, maybe it's an inherited trait (my mom thought Barbies were just bad and I wasnt allowed to have them, I seem to have turned out okay) but I have long felt that babies shouldnt watch TV. And, videos like the trance-inducing Baby Einstein series (if you have ever watched an infant watch it, you know of which I speak) seem to just be feel-okay-about-it babysitting devices for parents and care providers who need a break, but I doubt if they have any real educational value. Now I find that I am not alone in my concerns...

• Baby-learning videos lack educational value, say American psychologists
  The Guardian
• TV Channel for Babies? Pediatricians say turn it off!
  San Francisco Gate
  
• Fact sheet about Marketing to Babies and Toddlers
  Campaign for Commercial free Childhood
  
• Breaking Free from Baby TV
  Mothering Magazine

So, yes, I am going to be one of those parents.
:)