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Disney Offers Refund for Baby BupkisPosted on Oct 25, 2009
Somehow the Walt Disney Co. managed to convince the parents of one-third of America’s babies to spend $200 million a year on Baby Einstein videos. The tapes were supposed to smarten kids up, but watching TV from ages 1-3 could actually cause attention problems. Under pressure, Disney is now offering refunds. Your little monster might have the disposition of a flea, but at least you can get your $15.99 back. Americans used to be outraged by the idea of marketing to kids, but then they started buying their pint-sized consumers everything in sight. Disney has obviously had great success selling things to children, but recruiting customers right out of the womb? That takes some chutzpah. —PZS
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By tonyt, October 28, 2009 at 8:53 pm Link to this comment
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Just another scam endorsed by Bush during a state of the union address.
Report thisBy NYCartist, October 28, 2009 at 12:48 pm Link to this comment
I did a double-take at baby “bupkis” (having some small memory of Yiddish). It’s been known for a while that the tapes are junk.
I took a baby, almost 40 years ago, to museums to look at art, but most important, I talked to baby a lot from birth. Baby became very fluent and a writer using art in a way. I didn’t have videos, but did let baby see “Sesame Street” and did not allow child to see violent tv shows. I have since thrown out the tv sets.
Report thisBy Virginia777, October 26, 2009 at 3:15 pm Link to this comment
Disney is libel, but the ridiculous drive some parents have to create baby “Einsteins” needs to be examined here as well.
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