Baby Not-so Einstein

Here's an interesting article in today's paper that actually made it onto the front page. Apparently, Walt Disney is offering refunds for the Baby Einstein videos that were sold. I had learned in child psychology that by watching the Baby Einstein videos when the child is younger than 2 actually hurts the baby more than it helps, so the fact that Disney is acknowledging this and now offering refunds is really interesting.

I think this article does a really good job showing the proper set up of a newspaper article. With just the first sentence, the reader has a good grasp on all the information that he or she would need to gain from the article: "Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those “Baby Einstein” videos that did not make children into geniuses." As the article progresses we get more details. The reader first gets a brief explanation on what the Baby Einstein videos and the article goes on to explain the problems with the videos and the changes that lawyers want Disney to make.

The history of the struggle between the lawyers and Disney is written very fluidly and has quotes and facts from all the right people. There are quotes from the psychiatrists, lawyers and CEOs. Finally the article ends with a small sentence on what parents should be doing instead of letting their children watch Baby Einstein videos, leaving the reader with the right last impression of the article.