Sarah Mirando  |  December 9, 2010

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Your Baby Can Read Class Action Lawsuit

By Matt O’Donnell

 

Your Baby Can ReadA mother is suing the child-education company Your Baby Can and its founder in a federal class action lawsuit that claims their “Your Baby Can Read!” video program is nothing more than an “elaborate hoax.”

Plaintiff Tondia Johnson claims in the Your Baby Can Read class action lawsuit that the company and founder have defrauded tens of thousands of consumers into believing the video program can teach infants as young as 3 months old to read by as early as 9 months old.

“Defendants have perpetrated this hoax on nearly 1 million consumers, preying upon the vulnerabilities of parents desperate to give their children a head start on life,” the class action states. “Defendants have generated $90 million in annual revenue and spent nearly $37 million to disseminate their false and misleading claims in a television, radio, print and Internet campaign featuring Dr. Titzer, YBC’s founder and spokesman for the Your Baby Can Read! System.”

The YBC class action lawsuit notes that child development experts from Tufts, Harvard, Cornell and other esteemed universities have described Dr. Titzer’s claims that the Your Baby Can Read program can teach infants as young a 3 months old to read by as early as 9 months old as being “false, misleading, and an extraordinary manipulation of facts” that raise false expectations.

The class further adds that even though the company promises a “money back guarantee” within 30 days, the promise is useless because the defendants claim it takes well over 30 days to see any results.

“By the time parents realize that the Your Baby Can Read! System is worthless, they are already five months too late to exercise their 30-day risk-free guarantee,” the lawsuit says.

The Your Baby Can Read class action lawsuit is seeking restitution and punitive damages for deceptive trade, unjust enrichment and breach of contract.

 

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Updated August 29th, 2012

 

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18 thoughts onYour Baby Can Read Class Action Lawsuit

  1. Steve says:

    Seems Tondia was a little upset her own kid could not grasp YBCR. Perhaps she just plopped the kid down in front of the tube and hoped for the best. Perhaps she herself could not follow the program.

    Our experience and that of 4 other families that we know: our kids are head and shoulders above other kids in SK up to grade 3. There is always somebody who’d rather point fingers instead of perhaps looking at their own approach.

  2. Geneva says:

    I purchased the extended version for over $300. I still have the receipt. The informational DVD worked, but once I tried the lesson DVDs, they wouldn’t play on 2 different DVD players, or on 3 computers. Plus my child shows no interest in these. I’ve sent several emails and I have not received a response back from these company and i have called several times for the past 2 years and have not gotten any response.

    I am very unhappy with these product and there customer service.
    I just want a refund.
    Thank you
    Geneva

  3. Anonymous says:

    My son was in the infomercial and I wasn’t paid to tell them about my experience that it works. He started recognizing words at 11 months. I have no reason to lie..now he is reading words everywhere. I am very sad to see that this has come about. I think it is the parent that has problems with teaching the child.

  4. Anonymous says:

    Well if you spend one on one time doing what it actually takes to help teach your child how to read with this program, it does work. What do you think Pre-K and Kindergarten Teachers are using to teach your children in a class/ babysitting atmosphere. These teachers use videos, tv programs and flash cards to teach your children. Besides most of time the children are either coloring or out playing till nap time, then they go home.This happens alot in most schools. I’m a Pre-K teacher and most of time I’m wiping noses or bottoms of children that aren’t even potty trained. But I do use this in my class room. It works!!!Just as if a parent teaches a child his name or address, they memorize the information give to them. So take the time and work the program with your child and all children learn on a different levels. Some may even have learning disabilities that the parents ignore, then ask the question ”Why my child isn’t learning like the other children”. Maybe if you spend one on one time to help your child to learn then you wouldn’t blame a person for trying to help you help your child. Parents are responsible for their children’s education, no one else. the program is just a helpful tool guide to assist you in helping your child with learning, nothing more…We all memorized words and meanings in order to read a book, ad, or even a newspaper. People do anything to make a dollar and feel important about themselves by suing someone who is creative. Mad cause they didn’t think of it first….

  5. Anonymous says:

    From what I read here , everybody has a newborn that is an Einstein. This stuff doesn’t work and i am sure that my Dogs will always be smarter .

  6. Anonymous says:

    This law suit is complete bullish!t propaganda.

    This program works, we know because we have had success with it.

    Ms. Johnson, and people that join this lawsuit are just after money.

    This Country is all about getting something for nothing, entitlements, its the new American way.

  7. Anonymous says:

    I would like to leave my two cents here also. THEE BOTTOM LINE: IT WORKS. If you do it right, IT WORKS. Perhaps there is some scientific flaw to it or the psychological explanation is flawed, or whatever, I don’t know. However, IT WORKS. Perhaps it does a bit of the “memorization” tactic, but even that WORKS. By simply putting your child in front of the videos, and pacifying your child with it, if you are thinking your child will morph into a reader by just that alone, it won’t work. On a side note, having your child watch these videos is miles and miles a far better option than anything else on television (i’m talking to people who think Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon is fine for kids). I’ll bet that is where some of this scrutiny lies, in parents who did not do their part of the system and work at it with the child, so they are ticked that YBCR did not do the work for them. If you do it right, interact with your child, do the activities and not just sit your child in front of the video for hours… and furthermore other tv programs for more hours, and most of all have fun with it, IT WILL WORK. I love proving it to people, and it is a joy seeing my toddler amaze others when he reads. I am not sure where this whole class action stands, maybe this has all passed, but I am here to testify to you that IT WORKS.

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