Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/6P4gvSFLg7g

 

Imitate your infant, and she or he will love you for it.  Swedish philosophers at Lund University report this conclusion following their observations of sixteen 6 month old infants.

 

Even very young children recognize when an adult is imitating their behaviors.  The babies focus attention longer and more consistently on those imitating them.  Their smiles indicate that they relish being imitated and feel a close bond with those imitating them.

 

Since infants feel your imitation of their actions and motions signals your approval and friendliness, you can effectively us this strategy to motivate positive behaviors and inhibit negative ones.  These studies once again prove that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. 

 

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0232717

 

#infant #imitation #parenting

infant, imitation, parenting

How To Charm Your Baby

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/6P4gvSFLg7g

 

Imitate your infant, and she or he will love you for it.  Swedish philosophers at Lund University report this conclusion following their observations of sixteen 6 month old infants.

 

Even very young children recognize when an adult is imitating their behaviors.  The babies focus attention longer and more consistently on those imitating them.  Their smiles indicate that they relish being imitated and feel a close bond with those imitating them.

 

Since infants feel your imitation of their actions and motions signals your approval and friendliness, you can effectively us this strategy to motivate positive behaviors and inhibit negative ones.  These studies once again prove that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. 

 

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0232717

 

#infant #imitation #parenting