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Written By: Agencies | Published : January 4, 2015 11:58 AM IST
Vanita’s life changed when she was blessed with a set of fraternal twins, a girl and a boy. They have been the love and light of her life. But there are moments when she finds herself at her wit's end having to deal with two children who are growing up together. “When they fall sick, I don’t sleep for nights. My partner believes it is the mother’s responsibility to look after the children; so he rarely lifts a finger. I sometimes wish I was better equipped emotionally to handle the ups and downs of motherhood.”
London, Jan 3 : Absent-minded conversations with your infants work much better at improving their communication and problem-solving skills than reading a book to them or showing them pictures, says a study. The positive effects of more informal activity of frequently talking to the infant while doing other things is greater than positive effects of reading to them or showing pictures, the researchers pointed out. (Read:Communication tools can strengthen parent child relationships)
'We would have thought that there might have been a good effect of reading, perhaps more so than the talking,' Suzanne Egan, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Limerick, was quoted as saying. The study involved 7,845 nine-month-old infants. (Read: Strong parent-kid bonding makes children smarter )
The findings suggest that frequently talking to the infants while doing other things can boost their cognitive development. The researchers are now looking into longer term impact of reading and talking to children up to three years of age, Daily Mail reported.
Source: IANS
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