NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Putting children in front of educational DVDs does not help boost their language skills, according to a U.S. study that focused on one product, the Baby Wordsworth from the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Another day, another study showing that "educational" programming for babies isn't. The latest research, which came out ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) released a new educational DVD to assist mechanical construction foremen and project managers in resolving safety conflicts on ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Thinking of buying your toddler an "educational" DVD for the holidays, or gifting one to a friend's preschooler? If you're buying them for educational value, you might want ...

Educational DVDs may hinder rather than help a young child’s learning. Infants who watch DVDs such as Brainy Baby and Baby Einstein know fewer words than those who do not watch such programmes, a new ...

A new educational DVD for preschoolers, “It’s Hip-Hop, Baby!,” will use hip-hop music to teach children about the alphabet, numbers, colors and animals. Created by Emmy-Award winning television ...

Toddlers exposed to DVDs and videos marketed as "educational" showed no greater improvement in their vocabularies than children not exposed to such programming, a study said Wednesday. In fact, ...

While The Baby Einstein Co does not make educational claims, it notes on its web page that the Baby Wordsworth DVD is a “playful introduction to words and sign language.” A study by researchers at the ...