tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post2705704206126293042..comments2023-08-28T05:35:23.205-07:00Comments on Crabmommy: We Don't Need No EducationCrabmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06167006707545335140noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-219649037028792262007-05-26T09:10:00.000-07:002007-05-26T09:10:00.000-07:00"WHY I LIKE JULIEThere is one thing I gotta say I ..."WHY I LIKE JULIE<BR/>There is one thing I gotta say I admire her for: she's managed to convince us that watching TV will make our kids smarter."<BR/><BR/>Both her and Elmo! LMFAO!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11278705484876912232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-36527948150534185442007-05-24T13:22:00.000-07:002007-05-24T13:22:00.000-07:00This is hilarious, and the venom just adds to it, ...This is hilarious, and the venom just adds to it, making it real, rather than manufactured comedy.RKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963030511265726033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-55864290583324013892007-05-23T19:37:00.000-07:002007-05-23T19:37:00.000-07:00Lucie,Je vous remercier pour les mots si gentils. ...Lucie,<BR/>Je vous remercier pour les mots si gentils. PEOPLE, ARE YOU READING THIS? I AM SPEAKING FRENCH! whoo! What a rush. Malheureusement, j'ai oublie presque tout que j'ai appris a l'universite. (Which means, English-peeps, basically the French buck stops there. And that's about it). But thank you for visiting me, Lucie. Tell those frenchies to come and lire Crabmommy. Je vous envoie un couriel prive toute de suite.Crabmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167006707545335140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-63095547346370106772007-05-23T18:00:00.000-07:002007-05-23T18:00:00.000-07:00Ca c'etait vraiment drole vos commentaires sur BE!...Ca c'etait vraiment drole vos commentaires sur BE! Un gros merci pour m'avoir fait rire comme ca. Il y a un site que j'aimerais vous montrez, si vous pouvez, envoyer moi un couriel. C'est un produit que j'aimerais vous envoyer. Keep up the funny stories, you're the best! lhunter@MomSpit.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-42282064207471997222007-05-22T16:24:00.000-07:002007-05-22T16:24:00.000-07:00This post is hilarious, and you've hit the nail ri...This post is hilarious, and you've hit the nail right on the head.<BR/><BR/>:-)Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882889048711405333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-66831900660071771292007-05-22T13:29:00.000-07:002007-05-22T13:29:00.000-07:00Go for it crabby, you're such a b... well you know...Go for it crabby, you're such a b... well you know!<BR/><BR/>I have to say I agree in the most part. <BR/><BR/>I think the best toys are the ones that teach kids to entertain themselves, not tune out! Really! <BR/><BR/>It's not Julie though, it's all the parents out there who want their kids to be smarter and faster than yours or mine and everyone else's. Genius Julie has everyone buying into this "perfect parenting" crap that is nearly impossible to attain.info@thebabymarketplace.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06014741239570462225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-87640913073960855212007-05-22T12:20:00.000-07:002007-05-22T12:20:00.000-07:00appleonastick: I don't mean to knock ASL or even t...appleonastick: I don't mean to knock ASL or even the learning of it by babies. Just the precious way in which people like Julie market "learning" to us. The whole pushiness of language instruction from ASL to the notion that saying "quiero milk?" to a kid means she's going to inhale Spanish like the air she breathes. Rub-bish.<BR/><BR/>Look, people, I am not immune to the pull of language teaching to kids. Heck, some of my best friends are Spanish! And if there were a bilingual immersion school in C-town, you can bet your bottom dollar C-tot would be shoved right in. Because I think having a second language is hugely important for anyone who can get it and getting it when young is to obvious advantage. But the way in which it's done I have strong opinions on. Falsely suggesting that sign language is something simple to teach to kids and will give them an "edge" -- that's the BS that BE taps into. Ditto all this nonsense where kids learn to count in Spanish and watch Dora or something and the parents think they will end up speaking Spanish. Sorry. Doesn't work that way.<BR/><BR/>That said, I can see how a few signs in ASL might be useful to a kid who won't/can't speak. Deaf infants can sign for milk at 6 months -- hearing kids take longer to "speak" because the vocal chords aren't as agile...so I have heard and I am not disputing it. It's fascinating. I have also heard that teaching hearing kids to sign delays speech. That may be BS, I don't know. I DO see how it can be helpful to have signing when you want to communicate with someone who CANNOT communicate otherwise. It's these bugging parents whose kid is saying "wa-wa" and making himself understood but then Mom is desperately saying "agua?" or signing it. These people bug the Crabmommy. Give me a break...<BR/><BR/>As for being jealous of Julie. You're right, anonymous. Like I said, it's her hair. And the shekels she's raked in. I like me some shekels.<BR/><BR/>People, I am a hypocrite. How often do I need to say this. Crabtot had BE when she was young. It seemed to zone her out, stun her colickyness into silence. I immediately bought more. To dumb her down, not smarten her up. I think THAT'S what they're good for.:)Crabmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167006707545335140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-50739591842344596182007-05-22T09:44:00.000-07:002007-05-22T09:44:00.000-07:00I think you are just jealous of Julie. I certainl...I think you are just jealous of Julie. I certainly am. Hell if I could come up with a billion dollar idea and then sell it to Disney and live the rest of my days in the lap of luxury then I would do it! Sorry Crabmommy but BE isnt that bad. It keeps the kids quiet after being whined at all day long.<BR/>Her voice is VERY annoying and I assumed that she was blonde and perky before I even saw her. At least they display some cool toys in the dvds. <BR/>I would have to say that BARNEY is the devil and must be killed. There is no BARNEY in my house. I hate that f-ing pansy dinosaur!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-25507295001523400642007-05-21T15:57:00.000-07:002007-05-21T15:57:00.000-07:00um, ok, let the mudslinging begin but the whole AS...um, ok, let the mudslinging begin but the whole ASL thing TOTALLY helped me with my son who didn't speak until he was 2 1/2. It was tremendously helpful in trying to understand what he wanted. <BR/><BR/>I don't know that it made him smarter , but it certainly helped me to stay sane through those years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-59281634019945697302007-05-21T15:44:00.000-07:002007-05-21T15:44:00.000-07:00In fairness, maybe I too would speak with a smile ...In fairness, maybe I too would speak with a smile -- as though barely concealing the wonder in my voice -- if I had just made a bazillion dollars out of the rest of us. I call Julie stupid but who's the one earning $2/mo. from Google? Yeah...Jules gets the last laugh there. But at least I don't have her hairstyle!Crabmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167006707545335140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-85481646435754683232007-05-21T12:14:00.000-07:002007-05-21T12:14:00.000-07:00As I read this, I could actually hear dear Julie's...As I read this, I could actually hear dear Julie's voice in my head. I used to keep a tv on in the baby's room for "white noise" and constant dim light, so I wouldn't have to turn a light on for those nighttime feedings. I ended up using a "Baby Mozart" DVD and had it on replay. I heard her voice in my DREAMS....actually, it was across the hall, every thirty minutes, all night long.<BR/><BR/>Just hearing her voice makes me feel that "newborn's mommy fatigue" and makes my milk want to let down!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-13215544951289485092007-05-21T11:44:00.000-07:002007-05-21T11:44:00.000-07:00THANK YOU!!!And when our children one day simultan...THANK YOU!!!<BR/><BR/>And when our children one day simultaneously (spell?) get up and march off together in a trance we can blame Baby Einstein. I am convinced there are hidden messages brainwashing our children in those DVDs.<BR/><BR/>There is a close up of a doll (I think the language DVD) that scares the crap out of most children - The devil doll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-75174208436955015622007-05-21T11:14:00.000-07:002007-05-21T11:14:00.000-07:00Oh yes, Home is my all time worst BE but I admit t...Oh yes, Home is my all time worst BE but I admit that we have now graduated (and I can't believe I bought all 3 of the dvds that target had in stock) to Junior Einstein. My beloved pre-schooler has fallen for them hook line and sinker and slaps his hands on his knees, shouting "blast off" and whatever else they tell him too.<BR/><BR/>The worst of this is that I rushed out and bought JE after a friends child id'd a piece of classical music as "einstein music" after watching them. I felt such a failure of a mother I bought them for my cherub at the next possible opportunity. Score on more for Julie (and Dysney who she sold BE to...).Karen Stead Baigriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08705450979066213613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-15488992692745242472007-05-21T10:58:00.000-07:002007-05-21T10:58:00.000-07:00Yes. yes it is too easy to make fun of Baby Einste...Yes. yes it is too easy to make fun of Baby Einstein. But that doesn't make me not really, really wish I had thought of it first. $$$grunnio corocottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14282955817890742526noreply@blogger.com