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OVERVIEW
Experts argue that television can be a negative influence on impressionable young minds because of early exposure to excessive violence, inappropriate content and unregulated advertising. Moms, desperate for a shower or just 20 minutes to make dinner, love the television, and aren't giving it up. The use of pre-recorded content, like an educational DVD is a great compromise, giving moms the break they need and limiting a child's exposure to only age-appropriate, non-commercialized content.
Besides your own common sense - is the program teaching your child anything? -- there are certain qualities you can be on the lookout for to determine if your child is really benefiting from an educational tape, or just being mesmerized by an onscreen lava lamp.
Look for tapes with high production quality. If you wouldn't stand for lousy homemade production quality and cheap computer animation effects in your own programs, your baby shouldn't have to either. Good quality educational videos look like good quality educational videos.
Many parents mistakenly believe that for a program to be effective, their child needs to be hypnotized by it. In actuality, the best educational programming allows your child to be their natural, active selves: they watch, they wander, come back, engage, get distracted by something right in front of them, start watching again.
Used appropriately with the right content, educational DVDs can enrich the life of viewers of any age. Just make sure the exposure is age appropriate, guided by you and, most importantly, part of a loving learning environment you've created in your home.
FEATURES TO CONSIDER
- Age Appropriate
- High Production Quality
- Safe, Non-Dangerous Content
- Soothing Presentation
- Realistic Promises
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