Do you think this scares the people who are behind baby tv?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,222481,00.html

BabyFirstTV has been around for over a year on satellite dish. It's an additional $5 a month (at least on satellite dishes), so that's part of the way they make money.

I imagine the other way to make money is by product placement, selling licensed products, and/or just teaching kids from a very young age that television is the ultimate source of entertainment and information. That helps create older kids who are complacent as well as excellent consumers.

I don't subscribe to the channel so I don't know what the programs are like. I'm sure many of them are educational, but there's a reason the American Academy of Pediatrics say that kids under two shouldn't watch television. Trade-offs for having a few educational programs for infants might include creating kids who will never be happy in a classroom situation because teachers aren't as flashy as television; limiting the desire to create imaginative play and read; and making it harder for kids to develop relationships with real people.

It is up to each individual how they want to raise children, and I am certainly no expert. But personally, I would rather see a kid's face light up when a favorite book is brought out or when a family member engages them in play rather than when they hear Dora's voice out of a box in the living room.