The Australian government is giving away a free five-hour parenting DVD to every new parent. The interactive DVD, creatively named The Raising Children DVD, features celebs like a couple rugby players, a television personality, and Mr. Russell Crowe, as well as some regular old parents (we call them "rising stars"). The whole thing was reviewed by a couple parenting experts, who said, "I laughed, I cried, I loved it" and "A roller-coaster ride of thrills. Don't miss it!" In addition to resources and information about child development, the DVD includes parenting tips. Crowe has a nice moment when he gets all oiled up and shares this bit of wisdom: "To my son - I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse." Wha? Oh sorry, that was Gladiator.

Actually, it's pretty nice that the Australian government is giving this resource to all new parents, and I'm sure they'll find it useful. Well, the ones that have DVD players, that is. Whit over at Famecrawler thought it could use some serious editing, but you know blogger critics, picky picky. I dunno, I still think it loses something unless you watch it on the big screen, but maybe that's just me.