Toddlers get a kick out of giving adults a hard time. True to form, these wobbly-legged knowledge-sponges learn virtually nothing from best-selling DVDs that their parents believe will boost vocabulary and trigger academic superstardom.
LOST FOR WORDS A new study suggests that toddlers don’t learn words from educational DVDs that many parents believe will boost children’s vocabulary.
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