Baby Can Read

As an educator, parent, consumer and all around skeptic, I'm sorry to tell you this but I have a real problem with any product that promises to teach a child as young as the ones portrayed to read. Sure, you can teach children to respond to pictures with the correct words (and notice that pictures are on the cards with the words in most cases) but to think that a child as young as 2 (or in some cases younger) can read after this program is very hard to swallow. I tested a product somewhat like this one years ago (can't give the name due to a non-disclosure agreement) and it wasn't worth the shipping the company spent to send it. A lot of hype and little results. IF this were tested in a university setting, I might buy it but right now, my doubts are greater than my support of the program.

Unfortunately, you did just become an infomercial sucker. First, there's nothing on those DVDs that's any different from what a normal parent does for and with their child. But it's a hot market, and plenty of people are making money from it, even university professors -- if he is what he claims. A lot of them are running under phony credentials. But the most important thing is that studies have shown that there are no real benefits from any of the programs that teach your child to read earlier, boost their IQ, and whatever other claims they make. The fact that the program is time consuming is a hint that it's not something that children would naturally make use of or that they need. How do you think millions of children managed to grow up into normal adults before these new techniques were developed? If there's anything on the discs that your child enjoys watching, it's fine as an amusement for very short periods of tiem. It's recommended that children not watch TV at such an early age because it actually interferes with normal development. By the way, first-time parents are the biggst customers of these scams because they're unsure of what they should be doing for their children.