Another reason not to over promise. <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elizabeth Weinbloom <<a href="mailto:liz.weinbloom@gmail.com">liz.weinbloom@gmail.com</a>> Date: Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 9:03 AM Subject: [Tie2010] The death of Baby Einstein To: "<a href="mailto:tie2010@list.gse.harvard.edu">tie2010@list.gse.harvard.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:Tie2010@list.gse.harvard.edu">Tie2010@list.gse.harvard.edu</a>> Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those “Baby Einstein” videos that did not make children into geniuses. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/education/24baby.html?_r=1&em" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/education/24baby.html?_r=1&em</a> I certainly didn't expect this! I wonder / hope this means the death of the Baby/Little Einstein brand. This brand is my second biggest pet peeve in all of preschool media (#1 pet peeve: Dora's terrifying zombie eyes), and even if the victory was achieved by the slightly-nutty Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, it still strikes one for the good guys. If anyone feels differently, I'd be interested to hear why! If for some reason anyone wants to hear me rant at length about the absurdity of Baby/Little Einsteins, see<a href="http://sometimeslizwrites.blogspot.com/2009/04/little-einsteins-or-decline-of.html" target="_blank"> this blog post.</a> Campaigning for a Crap-free Childhood, -Liz- _______________________________________________ Tie2010 mailing list <a href="mailto:Tie2010@list.gse.harvard.edu">Tie2010@list.gse.harvard.edu</a> <a href="http://list.gse.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/tie2010" target="_blank">http://list.gse.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/tie2010</a> </div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax