Disney offers millions of parents Baby Einstein video refunds

[Francis Hult]

Telegraph.co.uk

 

Disney offers millions of parents Baby Einstein video refunds

 

Aric Sigman, a psychologist and author of Remotely Controlled, a book about how television is ruining lives, welcomed Disney's offer: "This is a really important symbolic act by a multinational company," he said. "It shows what many of us have been saying for a long time, that the virtual life cannot beat real life when it comes to language acquisition in children. None of these videos or educational TV shows, including those on the BBC, can rival or supplant babies talking and listening to parents."

 

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