Read more Baby Einstein stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8299/baby-einstein.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 10:59:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72473/disney-offers-refunds-for-failed-baby-einsteins.htmlCaroline Miller<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=304454&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331212606' border='0' />Parents disappointed that junior isn't a prodigy can get now get a refund from Disney. Threatened with a class-action lawsuit, the makers of Baby Einstein products have withdrawn claims that the ubiquitous videos are beneficial to childhood development, and offered to refund the $15.99 parents shelled out if they...Actress Melissa Joan Hart, left, holds up her son Braydon Wilkerson at the "Baby Einstein 10th Anniversary Celebration" at the Walt Disney Concert Call in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. http://www.newser.com/story/72473/disney-offers-refunds-for-failed-baby-einsteins.htmlSat, 24 Oct 2009 06:28:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5424/baby-einstein-dumbs-down-toddlers.htmlHeather McPherson<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=17479&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401033427' border='0' />The popular “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby” video series, intended to fast-track young geniuses, actually have negative educational effects, a new study concludes. Infants who watch them have smaller vocabularies than other children, the Los Angeles Times reports, For every hour per day that 8- to 16-month-olds watched the programs,...Dr. Dimitri Christakis, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington in Seattle, said he'd "rather babies watch 'American Idol' than these videos," in reference to Disney's Baby Einstein series.http://www.newser.com/story/5424/baby-einstein-dumbs-down-toddlers.htmlTue, 07 Aug 2007 12:25:15 CDT