Babies Won't Learn Faster With DVDs

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The DVDs that learn babies to talk do not help. This is the conclusion of American researchers; they even state that this form of teaching can be harmful for a child's language development.

The team had one hundred children between the age of one and two year watch fifteen times "Baby Einstein" from Disneydvd over a period of six weeks. Each time the children learn 30 new words. But according to the researchers, these lessons have no influence on the babies. Those who watched the DVDs did not score better than those who didn't watch the series. Children having watched the DVDs on beforehand, even showed a lesser or worse vocabulary. The younger the babies were, the worse their vocabulary went. The flashing lights and fast changing scenes overstimulate the children.