YBCR Bad press and law suit, what is up? what do you think??

[TeachingMyToddlers]

...and it stated "In fact, there is no evidence babies learn anything—let alone how to read—by watching videos.

Not so, according to PBS who claims young children can learn branding from TV as young as age 1 if I remember correctly. Which means if they can learn brands (like a big yellow M for McDonalds) then of course they should be able to learn the "branding" of the ABC's from TV as well! That is just the beginning of course, but it's ludicrous to state that TV cannot be an effective teaching tool for many, if not most, kids.

http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/article-faq.html#language

Of course, PBS has a vested interest, but it's worth a read nonetheless.

The other thing...I find it so ironic that they are going after Titzer and NOT the non-educational TV shows, i suppose because no claims are being made but the whole thing is laughable. You want to campaign against something for a commercial free childhood? Let's start with yo-gabba gabba. now THAT garbage will rot a mind.

[TracyR4]

If there was a LIKE button here TMT I would click it. 
Yo Gaba Gaba I can't stand. Yuck.
They might as well start going after programs like Dora the Explorer too as well as Seseme Street  , Deigo , and all those nickelodeon educational shows too. If YBCR isn't educational neither are these shows too.

[Twinergy]

Maybe Jeff Rossen should compare notes with his colleague Ann Curry.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/1Vys9jvXwcU&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/1Vys9jvXwcU&rel=1</a>

[Twinergy]

Matt Lauer is in both of these videos, one featuring a toddler reading and the other calling YBCR "snake oil."   
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30345516#30345516

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42567494#42567494

[KL]

Dr. Gentry just posted this on the Psychology Today blog!

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/raising-readers-writers-and-spellers/201104/is-there-baby-can-read-witch-hunt

Now this is getting very interesting - read the last paragraph:

I wonder who really is behind this latest complaint. I have no current association with the product called "Your Baby Can Read" although early this year I did provide an expert opinion on their behalf in an advertising complaint filed against them by one of their competitors. Here's an interesting fact that I bumped up against as I prepared my report that outlined the authenticity of baby/toddler reading but contained no endorsement of any product. The competing company, LeapFrog, filed the advertising complaint against "Your Baby Can Read" claiming that baby reading was impossible. Yet LeapFrog founded by Mike Wood developed the company's major product because he was having difficulty teaching his 3-year-old to read and use phonics! Due diligence made me wonder if the complaint was more about market share than about protecting babies.

HMMMMM.....

[Ayesha Nicole]

Excellent!  Happy to see Dr. Gentry speaking out!   

I also see that various studies are cited in the YBCR booklet, Parent's Overview of the Your Baby Can Read! System in the text, as well as in the References, listed on page 59.

I also found an opine on Jeff Rossen, to be very interesting:

"Secret's out on undies expose: NBC News' Jeff Rossen recycles story for sweeps
BY RICHARD HUFF
DAILY NEWS TV EDITOR
Friday, March 05, 2010

Some sweeps packages are so good - or, more likely, sensational - they get repeated over and over. This week, Jeff Rossen hit on an oldie for NBC's "Today" show that was then repeated on WNBC/Ch. 4's 11 p.m. news. The subject was what retailers do with returned undies. Some viewers, however, may have felt they had seen Rossen's piece before. Fact is, some may have.

more:
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-03-05/entertainment/27058128_1_sweeps-panties-tags

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March 6, 2011
Sheen files: A crazy week for NBC's Jeff Rossen

(AP)  NEW YORK (AP) — Here's something for Jeff Rossen to ponder after a crazy week: Is being called a "rock star" by Charlie Sheen good or bad for his career in television journalism?

Rossen, an NBC News correspondent who works chiefly for the "Today" show, played a prominent role in the actor's bizarre media tour to bash his bosses for suspending "Two and a Half Men," and explain a lifestyle of drugs and "goddesses." Andrea Canning of ABC News, CNN's Piers Morgan and radio star Howard Stern also spent extensive time with Sheen.

more:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/06/ap/celebrities/main20039806.shtml

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I wish we had a way to actually contact me Mr. Rossen, as well as those he interviewed to inquire more about his "research" and what was left out of the segments.  Suggestions, anyone?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26639476/ns/nightly_news-about_us/


~ Ayesha

[Ayesha Nicole]

Enlightening as to how he does his job, as well as contact information at the bottom: 

http://www.nbcudirect.com/news/rossen020711/

I humbly suggest that we create "talking points" (as commonly used by political action committees in written communication to American politicians for a specific issue) and politely, yet firmly, state our [collective], yet individual positions, and perhaps with some wisdom and patience on our part, we will be able to educate him with the other perspectives, that are validated by actual specialists and backed by scientific research.

And this reminds me that I want to read this excellent book by Harvard psychologist, Dr. Howard Gardner:

Changing Minds:  The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People’s Minds
http://www.howardgardner.com/books/covers/12052_Gardner_General.pdf

[Ayesha Nicole]

short on time, so I just sent a reply to this tweet: 

jeffrossen Jeff Rossen
So, what do you think. Should you be forcing your kids to read before 4-yrs old? Experts say no. What do you think?
13 Apr Favorite Retweet Reply

with:

AyeshaNicoleMB Ayesha Nicole M B
@jeffrossen > wish you would have interviewed Dr. Gentry, when you researched this topic: http://tinyurl.com/3j77tvz

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. . . and hope he will actually read the blog article   

[fma001]

You can comment on the CCFC blog: http://commercialfreechildhood.blogspot.com/2011/04/your-baby-cant-really-read-and-doesnt.html

Please comment in support of YBCR and teaching children to read.

[Ayesha Nicole]

Has anyone read the 35-page complaint here?:  http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/pdf/ybcrftccomplaint.pdf

[Ayesha Nicole]

They are also taking the AAP screentime recommendations out of context; page 18:

http://www.aap.org/obesity/pdf/tfco_fullreport_may2010.pdf

which is related to obesity and not to what children actually learn from high quality programming.  The argument is flawed in that if a child of any age watches tv, then they will never exercise and will automatically eat junk food and become obese.  They are mixing apples and oranges.
 

[Ayesha Nicole]

and the AAP guidelines:  http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;107/2/423

[Blooming_Brilliant]

I just wanted to share I posted another blog on this issue http://youngmamachristine.blogspot.com/2011/04/let-babies-be-babies-your-baby-can-read.html

[Great Violinist]

I just want to remind everyone what Dr. Titzer (and in a sense we too) is up against. As we know, learning to read early, (and by the way, my son age 3 DOES read - in TWO languages - and quite well at that thank you very much) leads to a higher intelligence and a greater thinking capacity. Excuse me, but the people at Harvard and some of these other institutions and "Think Tanks" are dreadfully afraid of more people being brilliant. I mean, God, who would there be to mindlessly comsume, to all day long watch the weapon of mind control otherwise known as the TV, to support the spending of untold millions of dollars to have bunches of men play with their balls or to go to fight wars for multinational corporations if too many people knew how to think?? From their point of view guys like Dr. Titzer must be stopped. To accomplish that they use nice sounding organisations like the one filing the complaint against him.
Remember folks that Glen Doman wrote in his books that his little organisation in Philadelphia was visited by many heads of state and other government officials. They were very impressed. BUT- no where in the world do parents recieve from the state a present at the birth of their first child consisting of a book on how to teach your child to be brilliant (read, do math etc.). This is no coincidence!!!
Good luck Dr. Titzer!!!!!
GV

[Ayesha Nicole]

Great Violinist comments brings to mind John Taylor Gatto, former NY teacher of the year, and the dumbing down of children in America:

http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/

and Neil Postman, a critic of media and education:

http://neilpostman.org/

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