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Article: Let's stop being babies about Disney's Einstein videos.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
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- October 27, 2009
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Byline: LAUREN BECKHAM FALCONE
Baby Einstein's theory of refund-ivity: Listening to Mozart won't qualify your kid for Mensa.
Who knew?
The Walt Disney Co. is now offering to reimburse buyers of its Baby Einstein videos, essentially admitting that watching balls bounce across a TV screen to a Bach soundtrack isn't the fast track to Harvard.
Up to four DVDs purchased from June 5, 2004 to Sept. 4, 2009, can be returned for $15.99 each.
"The refund offer is a wonderful victory for families and anyone who cares about children," the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood said in a statement. The CCFC led the charge against Baby ...