Personalized Developmental Videos Bring Families Closer Together by Featuring a Child's Parents and Grandparents
Cuvid.com creates meaningful, family-focused videos personalized so children can see and learn from their own family, even if they can't be together. Cuvid's educational and interactive DVDs feature a child's parent or grandparent as a dynamic animated teacher, created online from a user-provided digital photo.
Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) May 24, 2007 -- Videos created at Cuvid.com give working couples, divorced parents, and far-away grandparents the unique opportunity to be an integral part of their infant or toddler's day-to-day development, even if they can't be there in person. This new web service is available at www.cuvid.com.
Designed by a psychology Ph.D. and developed by parents, Cuvid's videos are built on the psychological principle that repeated viewing of family faces increases a child's fondness and closeness for those people.
"Face time with family is critical for a child's development and family bonding," points out Chris Furmanski, Ph.D, founder of Cuvid. "All children should enjoy the emotional and developmental benefits of learning from a working parent or far-away grandparent, even when they can't be together."
The web-based video creation takes only a few minutes. Families create their own videos by simply uploading a single digital photo and making a few character personalizations. For example, the hair and skin tones of each character are personalized to match any family member's complexion or ethnicity. Cuvid also offers an inexpensive premium service that customizes the videos for customers.
Customers receive their personalized video, unique DVD disc, and custom case in the mail in as little as two days. Cuvid.com users can also download a free personalized sample video in less than 5 minutes.
Cuvid's flagship video, the award-winning "Peek-a-Parent", is a collection of interactive educational adventures set to music. Each video features a child's parent or grandparent and uses the childhood game peek-a-boo as a fun learning exercise to strengthen children's relationship with their family's faces. The animated videos also incorporate over 30 other major psychological elements intended to maximize children's cognitive, educational, and social development.
In addition to focusing on family bonding, Peek-a-Parent teaches children core educational elements like numbers, words, and sounds, and instills important life skills like encouraging outdoor physical activity, dancing, and healthy eating.
Dr. Furmanski concludes, "there is no substitute for real family time. But for those times when families can't be together, Cuvid's videos provide children with the chance to interact with their family in a way that is vastly more meaningful than any of the generic children's programming currently available."
About Cuvid:
Cuvid Technologies offers family-specific children's videos as a more meaningful alternative to mass-produced, commercially-driven video content. Short for CUstomized VIDeo, Cuvid is much more than an entertainment company--- it is a collection of dedicated parents and scientists united to bring families closer together. Cuvid's Peek-a-Parent video was recently awarded the Family-Approved Seal by the Dove Foundation. Cuvid's patent-pending web service can be found at: www.cuvid.com.
Contact:
Chris Furmanski, Ph.D.
(650) 488 4993
http://www.cuvid.com
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