Well actually,
according to the article, some Boston doctors hate the new DVD, S
esame Beginnings, which is, you guessed it, aimed at the 3 and under set. The article though, as written by Virginia Heffernan is way glib. I guess she's having a slow news day? Actually, I get the impression that Heffernan probably just thinks the whole thing is ridiculous. At the same time, I'll readily admit that articles which feature babies procured for unscientific experiments in them, are always, ya know- adorable. Here are the juiciest zingers:
- "Television is for low, exhausted potato people who slouch, and for their children, who are plopped in front of it."
- "There's brutality in the plopping, and poison in them screens."
- "Careful not to plop, I sat the baby on my lap and thumbed play on the remote. Up came "Beginning Together," the first DVD. On the screen — the injurious screen. There was no getting around it."
- "Soon after the beautiful Brandy disappeared from "Beginning Together," the baby I had recruited to watch with me had snatched the remote control. He manhandled it and sucked on it and jabbed at it until, finally, he hit the power button. The screen went to black, and the baby laughed, hard."
