Jaime King claims her kids have been able to read since six months old
Jaime King is promoting something called “Rogue One: Recon – A Star Wars 360 Experience” which from what I can figure out is a video made by Verizon which you can move around to make it feel like you’re piloting a spacecraft from the movie. Despite all the issues I’ve heard they’ve had with the film (reshoots primarily) I’m looking forward to seeing Rogue One when it comes out in mid December, and these kind of promotional tie-ins do work to remind people, I think.
Jaime has a new interview with Wonderwall in which she talks about how she limits her children’s access to technology and television, apart from certain exceptions like movies and the system My Baby Can Read. I’ve seen the infomercials for this but I never knew if it was just a put on or not. Jaime swears it works though and that her kids were recognizing flash cars by six months old. She also says that she doesn’t let her kids have iPhones or iPads with some minor exceptions. She sounds like Meghan Fox in that way. Jamie and her husband, director Kyle Newman, have two boys, James, three, and Leo, 16 months.
On limiting her kids’ access to technology
“I don’t really actually allow my children to use iPads or iPhones. It’s very, very, very rare. The new studies that have come out have shown that if a child is 18 months old or under, they should not have any screen time at all. If they’re 4 years old or under, they should be limited to an hour or so a day. I allow James Knight to watch things that he loves like ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ or something along those lines — like something that’s a great film. But not just junk.”
She swears by “Your Baby Can Read”
“The one thing that I’ve always done since they were babies is something called ‘Your Baby Can Read!’ My children [James Knight and Leo Thames Newman] have been able to read flashcards since they were 6 months old — before they could even speak. That’s something that really changed things for me as a mom that I utilize technology for. It’s just a simple DVD. But that’s the only, only time they get screen time is specifically ‘Your Baby Can Read!’ because it’s really a game-changer.”
When my son was an infant the big thing was teaching them sign language. He was able to make simple signs for things he wanted like “eat” and “drink” and knew some objects like “bird,” “dog,” and “cat.” I remember him making signs for things before he could talk and that was kind of wonderful because it helped us communicate. How does this “My Baby Can Read” system work exactly? Kids don’t usually talk at six months, in most cases they don’t talk until they’re around a year old I thought. I looked up the reviews for it and many people say it doesn’t work and is a money scam although some users (who may or may not be genuine) say it works. It seems like one of the mommy bragging things that doesn’t end up mattering in the scheme of a child’s development, but there’s nothing I like more than bragging about my smart kid and I just did it so I can’t blame Jamie King for talking about it. Plus, how much do you want to bet she’s being paid by this company to promote them?
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