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No Einstein in Your Crib? Get a Refund - NYTimes.com

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NY Times reports that Disney, the current parent of Baby Einstein, acknowledges the uselessness of the video series. For years I have been using this as an example of commercialization of child development in my developmental psych course. I had come to accept it as a fact of life, but this news gives hope.

Hat tip to Pam, a student from the 2008 class.

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