• more about #infants
    disco2000: This only applies to babies, right? Because tv totally enriched my childhood. I don't know what I'd do without Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, and Squ... more »
    Witchtit: Your low productivity advisor: Seriously! Without those rotating picture of ducklings, smiling baby faces, and colour swirls, I would have resorted to hooking mini-Witchit by her on... more »
    Witchtit: Your low productivity advisor: I admit that I did buy some Baby Einstein for Mini Witchtit when she was 2 months old. Frankly I never thought they would make her smarter, but they d... more »
    Mafalda para Presidente: I, on the other hand, will force my future babies to listen to Mozart from the womb. I'll read to them at night, preferably something by Dante or Sha... more »
    kelsium: Shockingly it turns out that there is no substitute for actual parenting. more »
    kelsium: I have read theories (I don't recall them being supported by anything) about watching too much television in early childhood being a factor in Asberge... more »
    Mkp-hearts-NYC: What can I make my hypothetical future kids watch that will make them sprout facial hair before they're out of diapers? Dozens of 13-year-old boys try... more »
    IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: Just talk to your children, read them books, and spend some quality time! Its so sad that so many parents just park their children in front of the TV ... more »
    YourScreenplaySucks: My "Baby Einstein" business idea - a series of IQ-testing questions that can be subtly worked into first date conversation w/o him realizing that you'... more »
    stoprobbers: The only things acceptable for plopping a baby down in front of: Opera (no joke -- my mom taped PBS versions of "the Magic Flute" and "Marriage of Fig... more »
    clevernamehere: They've known that TV is not for infants and toddlers for at least 10 years now. The American Psychological Association and the American Pediatric Ass... more »
    southernbelle: Can we see more babies dressed up like famous intellectuals? A Shakespeare baby? What about a Mozart? Maybe a Madame Curie baby? I mean, my kid is sic... more »
    JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: But those "Your Baby Can Read" shits advertised at 4 a.m. still work, right? RIGHT?!? more »
    misspie: i'm guessing this finding was originally published in the Annals of Duh... i am glad, however, to have a little reassurance that TV exposure isn't out... more »
    BabyJane: It hasn't made my cats any smarter either. more »
    LaComtesse: If you want your kid to be "smart," don't talk to them like they're idiots. This baby Einstein crap is ridiculous. Yeah you can teach your kids how to... more »
    Liz11685: I think that the Baby Einstein stuff is total crap- its so nice to get backed up by SCIENCE! I want to nom on that baby dressed as Einstein's cheeks, ... more »
    lizzzz: I never had any illusions that Baby Einstein was making my son smarter and always thought the name was ridiculous. I fully believed, however, that it... more »
    Mafalda para Presidente: We were just studying in one my classes how children of deaf parents won't learn to speak by watching television. There is something about RECIPROCAL... more »
    Spaceman Bill Leah: Thank god because I was beginning to wonder if the repeated viewings of Jurassic Park would be detrimental to the SpaceToddler's intelligence. more »
  • #boobtube

    TV Viewing Doesn't Help Or Harm Babies

    Apparently stationing an infant in front of a DVD won't turn them into a baby Einstein. A new study suggests that TV viewing before age two doesn't improve language and visual motor skills. More »
  • #gavinmcinnes

  • #babyland

    Poverty Drives The Tragic Infant Death Rate In Tennessee

  • #redpanda

    Adopted Panda Passes Away • Woman Buys Baby For $1,000