I guess the big one for me is the whole Mozart for babies thing. It wasn’t Mozart’s music making babies and young children smarter, it was a combination of more affluent parents or at least parents with college plus educations having time and income to spend on enrichment activities.
On a tangential note, I find hilarious which songs my toddler picks up and which ones are immediately forgotten. Somehow APT and Hey Jude are the shit, most of everything else doesn’t stick. Wonder why…
I think it’s just songs with the right kind of beat that they like. My sister’s kid is very partial to Uptown Girl, of course she doesn’t know the lyrics but she can sort of sing the tune. It took me a while to work out what it was.
I guess the big one for me is the whole Mozart for babies thing. It wasn’t Mozart’s music making babies and young children smarter, it was a combination of more affluent parents or at least parents with college plus educations having time and income to spend on enrichment activities.
Oh, thanks! That makes so much more sense!
On a tangential note, I find hilarious which songs my toddler picks up and which ones are immediately forgotten. Somehow APT and Hey Jude are the shit, most of everything else doesn’t stick. Wonder why…
I think it’s just songs with the right kind of beat that they like. My sister’s kid is very partial to Uptown Girl, of course she doesn’t know the lyrics but she can sort of sing the tune. It took me a while to work out what it was.
My (3.5 year) nephew also loves APT. His other go to is These Boots Are Made for Walking.
Yeah, but that doesn’t stop baby toy markers from including that shit in every product