Parents who have eagerly sat their infants in front of TVs playing DVDs and TV shows designed to boost their intelligence may want to rethink their plans, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. The so-called education DVDs and shows aimed at babies ages 8 to 16 months that purportedly make them smarter could cause them to lose language skills, according to researchers. The study is the beginning of a larger project to gauge the effects of viewing media during the first few years of life.
I read the concerns before I started 'ruining' my daughter's learning abilities. I decide to take a chance and try it any way. It was so bad, that she began to read at 11 months!!!!!
Now that she is 2 1/2 years old and can 'barely speak', she can sign over 200 words using ASL (American Sign Language). She's reading level 3 books, and has learned a multitude of other things. She knows her geography (home addr, US states, continents and solar system). She can tell time on digital & analog clocks. She regularly carries on conversations with anyone who will listen. She can recite the Pledge of Allegiance, many scriptures and loves to sing the songs she picked up from those 'detrimental' DVDs.
Periodic table of the elements? No problem, she knows almost all of them.
She has been reading phonetically since she was 1 year old.
After reading this article, I wonder how many children will suffer because parents will stick to 'baby talk' and just continue wasting away the formative years (first 5 years) of their children's lives.
I will add - It is important for the parent to interact with their child while they are watching the educational DVDs.
For those interested, we did use Signingtime DVDs, Your Baby Can Read DVDs and Rock-N-Learn Phonics.
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Posted by: Walaika Haskins August 8, 2007 02:32 PMParents who have eagerly sat their infants in front of TVs playing DVDs and TV shows designed to boost their intelligence may want to rethink their plans, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. The so-called education DVDs and shows aimed at babies ages 8 to 16 months that purportedly make them smarter could cause them to lose language skills, according to researchers. The study is the beginning of a larger project to gauge the effects of viewing media during the first few years of life.
Now that she is 2 1/2 years old and can 'barely speak', she can sign over 200 words using ASL (American Sign Language). She's reading level 3 books, and has learned a multitude of other things. She knows her geography (home addr, US states, continents and solar system). She can tell time on digital & analog clocks. She regularly carries on conversations with anyone who will listen. She can recite the Pledge of Allegiance, many scriptures and loves to sing the songs she picked up from those 'detrimental' DVDs.
Periodic table of the elements? No problem, she knows almost all of them.
She has been reading phonetically since she was 1 year old.
After reading this article, I wonder how many children will suffer because parents will stick to 'baby talk' and just continue wasting away the formative years (first 5 years) of their children's lives.
I will add - It is important for the parent to interact with their child while they are watching the educational DVDs.
For those interested, we did use Signingtime DVDs, Your Baby Can Read DVDs and Rock-N-Learn Phonics.