Your Baby Can't Really Read

[Susan Linn]

Yesterday, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood filed a Federal Trade Commission complaint against Your Baby Can Read for false and deceptive marketing.  The Today show did a great follow up to their original exposé and we are already hearing from parents who have been duped.

Thanks to those of you who were so helpful to us in this process. I expect that some of you will be hearing from the FTC.   If you are outraged on behalf of parents who shelled out $200 for what is essentially snake oil, please add your names to our petition to the FTC.

To read our complaint please click here<http://commercialfreechildhood.org/pdf/ybcrftccomplaint.pdf>
To read our press release please click here<http://commercialfreechildhood.org/pressreleases/yourbabycanread.html>
To sign CCFC's petition please click here<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/621/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6502>
To see the Today piece please click here<http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42557517/ns/today-money/>

Susan

Susan Linn, Ed.D., is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Contact Information:
CCFC
Non-Profit Center
89 South Street, Suite 403
Boston, MA 02111
617-896-9370
http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/


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From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Roberta Golinkoff
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 8:42 AM
To: info-childes at googlegroups.com
Subject: Language Stars

Does anyone know anything about this language teaching program for children that they can share with me?

Best for the holidays!
 Roberta Golinkoff

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