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Which way does your child sit in her stroller - facing you or facing away from you? According to a new study out of Dundee University's School of Psychology, your child's view while riding in a stroller matters.The study makes a connection between babies who sit facing away from their parents and long-term developmental problems. The study of 2,722 parents and children found that the babies who sit facing out were less likely to talk, laugh and interact with their parents. You know, because they can't see their parents.
"Our experimental study showed that, simply by turning the buggy around, parents' rate of talking to their baby doubled," said developmental psychologist Suzanne Zeedyk, who led the research.
Zeedyk goes on to lay a big guilt trip on the 62% of parents who stroll their children in forward-facing prams. "Our data suggests that for many babies today, life in a buggy is emotionally impoverished and possibly stressful," she said.
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1-29-2009 @ 8:58AM
JA Francis said...I personally don't like the strollers that face away from the mother. As the mother can not see what is going on with the baby.I've seen some thing that made me cry and had to tell the mother to look at her baby. If that child is over a year old ,ok . but not under.I'm having my first Grand Child and is looking for a stroller that will face his mom.They are hard to find. And I also have seen a docomentary
on this matter,don't understand why companies don't something about it.How soon we forget that we were in a carriage or stroller that faced our mothers.Babies need parents not scenery.
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