The parents should be entitled to as much as the Disney Company can be faulted for, which is the deceptive advertisement of their product to emotionally appeal to the parents of young children. Since parents of infants and toddlers likely only want the best for their child and strive to give them the best start in life that they can, it is understandable that they are willing to try out different educational products on the market if the claim is made that these products enhance the young child’s mind. Since these products did not deliver their promise, the parents are entitled to a full refund. This would be similar to a money-back guarantee that accompanies millions of other products advertised in stores or on television daily. However, the Disney Company is not responsible for any other negative effects that resulted from parents exposing their child to the Baby Einstein videos. First, there was no claim made that the videos actually contained any harmful material that negatively impacted the child. Instead, the children watched shapes, colors, puppets, and other characters that were supposed to make them smarter. They only thing the videos did not do was make little geniuses out of the children, but rather simply entertained the children (or caused them to stare off into a TV screen). Therefore, the children likely did not sustain any major health problems other than attention span difficulties. Second, the choice of letting their children watch these programs lay ultimately with the parents. Now the parents should not be blamed for trying to take the easy way out and let media entertain and educate their children in their place, since most parents do need a break from their children every now and then to complete certain tasks at home. If the videos were used in moderation, the children likely did not sustain any negative effects and may grow up with normal attention spans. However, if regular parent-child interactions and play-times were substituted with Baby Einstein videos on a daily basis in hope of creating a genius baby, it is likely that the young child became accustomed to spending his days in front of the tube. The problem with watching too much TV is that the images on the screen tend to capture our complete attention and cause us to stare off, missing out on other stimuli within our environment. Ever notice your husband not respond to your question while he’s watching Sunday football? That’s because he’s actually not hearing you because his full attention is captured by the television set! Also, visual stimuli are a powerful attention taker in themselves. Close your eyes for a moment to blind out any visual scenes from your environment and you are likely to find yourself being able to pay closer attention to sounds, tastes, smells, and even your own thoughts!
With all this in mind, the parents who bought the Baby Einstein videos for their infants and toddlers should receive a refund for the falsely advertised benefit of these shows, but should not consider suing the company or pursuing any other type of compensation for the purchase of these products and any ill-effects experienced by their children, since ultimately it was their choice to expose their young children to these media sources without initially researching proper media usage for young children. Otherwise they would have likely found out that no television time is recommended for children under age 2.

I supppose they deserve some sort of a refund, but no one twisted their arm to buy the product. Why do parents let the media and advertising convince them their babies need to learn to read, anyhow? Why does everyone have to have the smartest baby? Intelligence doesn't necessarily equal success in life. A love of learning is born into children, and they'll learn to read soon enough.

I have a friend who was a preschool teacher, and her opinion is that children are better off not learning to read very much on their own before they go to school. She says kids that learn to read before they're in school are often the ones who act up or don't pay attention because they are bored with the lesson.

Let kids enjoy being kids, and keep them away from electronic entertainment so they learn to use their creativity and imagination. They grow up too fast, anyway.

I don't think they deserve one no.

It's no secret that dvds/television shows that claim to "educate" kids are ineffective. Research has shown for quite some time that such things actually distract from the babies play which would be far more educational than the movie.

While I understand that most of these parents thought they were doing good for their babies it seems to me the modern parent is turning this sort of thing into a trend. Rather than trusting their own ability to educate and stimulate their babies they are placing it in the hands of the entertainment industry, to me, that's a ridiculously obvious mistake.

These parents played int marketing and that was their fault. They don't deserve a refund for that.