Disclaimer: You and your are in general, not directed at one specific person.
LOL, I'm not blaming you :) It's the sue happy people I blame. Disney has a 60 day satisfaction guarentee on those DVDs, the parents that are suing for refunds based on the pretense that their child isn't an einstein 6 years after buying the dvds are the ones I am angry at. If they weren't happy, they should have returned them in that 60 day window.
It's one thing to ask for your money back on a bad product, but to blame them for your child not being a genius, that's rediculous. If we used that logic, leap frog should be out of buisness, PBS, wii, handheld games that "teach", etc. etc., should all be giving refunds too.
The kind of "logic" these parents are using reminds me of the lawsuit against McDonalds. Morbidly obese people suing the fast food chain because they make it too easy to super size. The issue is about personal responsibility. They shouldn't have been getting supersize meals to begin with. Same with the einstein parents, these parents shouldn't have been basing their child's IQ level off of a dvd.
So many factors can contribute to a childs lack of attention span, how on earth can they pin point Disney DVDs as the culprit. If they want to take up issues, don't go after just one product. Look at the whole picture. Is it really even about Disney, or is it about the TV becoming a babysitter. This coming from myself, and lets my children watch TV at least half the day. But I won't be complaining to some network or what not because my child doesn't split the atom by the time they are 7 years old.
It's like the recall on the Bumbo seats so they could give new warning labels. The child should not be left unattended, but because at one point the seat said it was a baby sitter (as in the baby sits in it) parents sued because they would have the child on top of a table in the seat and walk away. What did they think was going to happen? They claim that the thing said it was a baby sitter, as in it watched the baby. I mean come on.
Look at some of the warning labels out there on the most rediculous things. No kidding, we got a drill that warned not to put the drill head in any bodily cavities. WELL DUH! But somewhere, some moron decided to stick the thing up their hoohah and ended up with an ER bill, then decided to go sue the company. Now we get the lovely warning labels. Common sense people. Look, if you want to do something stupid like blow dry your hair in the bath, by all means, go right ahead. But when your butt gets electricuted, don't go sue the company. Electricity and water don't mix!
I am not saying not to return or to return the videos. I had about 15 of them myself and gave them to my brother for his new baby. If you are tight on money, want to get rid of the DVDs so be it. Just don't go sue Disney because your child isn't a genius because the videos claimed to be educational.
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