Comments on: 13 reasons to sue if your kids aren’t Baby Einstein geniuses

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:03:38 +0000

I love the humor here.

I find it sad that so many people will jump to believe what TV or advertising tells them. If anyone took the time to look for reviews on the Baby Einstein products before they made a purchase they would find that they help open a child’s mind to things like learning a foreign language, not have them speaking French fluently.

Bottom line, there is no substitution for the hard work of parenting.

By: Tropical Dive

Tropical Dive — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:05:24 +0000

Well, off you go then, Val. Hit ‘em where it hurts or get in touch with your local congressman/woman and tell them to.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:17:10 +0000

Surely, though, you believe that SOMEONE must go after companies that make outlandish claims?

If THIS one goes unchallenged, like back when Listerine said it prevented colds, you do realize that Disney would go forth and sell some inane “in utero” device to make your fetus a genius as well, etc., etc.

SOMEONE has to monitor and stop the snake oil salesmen – and if you don’t hit them in the pocketbook, a swat on the hand and a stern “Naughty, naughty!” really doesn’t serve to cease anything.

Agreed?

By: KellieS

KellieS — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:06:55 +0000

I feel sorry for anyone who actually thought you were serious throughout that post. It was, after all, quite funny! I never read that much into the products I buy like that. We all do the best we can with our kids. What happens next? Well, we keep parenting; we wait and see where they land.
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By: Tropical Dive

Tropical Dive — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:12:38 +0000

Harris should lighten up. You could have found 20 reasons to sue and still be tired enough to sleep at night. Keep up the larfs luv.

By: Mindi - B.A. Bookworm

Mindi - B.A. Bookworm — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:37:47 +0000

I enjoyed your post immensely! It gave me a good laugh.

This reminds me of when McDonalds was sued for making people fat, or something like that. Its scary really. You can be sued for anything these days. Ultimately your common sense must prevail over a companies claim.
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By: julie

julie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:57:50 +0000

Dear Harris
I am sorry that I omitted the label: Humor.
I file expectations that Baby Einstein videos will make a child smarter with promises that I can eat all I want and STILL lose weight.
BTW, I don’t work in marketing, but I do write about it so if that’s made me unnecessarily cynical, I apologize.
Julie

By: Harris

Harris — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:36:11 +0000

It’s interesting that you work in marketing and you think it’s fine for marketers to mislead parents. Disney can lie and if the parents believe the lie, it’s because the parents are dumb and they deserve.

I guess believing that makes it easier to sleep at night.