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Warpy

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4. This is one of the reasons the extended family living together

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Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:11 PM

Jan 2013

was abandoned as soon as people were able to. There was far less misery to deal with when the parents, grandparents, and other interfering relatives lived elsewhere.

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"Modern parenting may hinder brain development, research shows" [View all] kickysnana Jan 2013 OP

Except 50 years ago it was even more common to bottle feed pnwmom Jan 2013 #1

Those are old ideas that have come back Warpy Jan 2013 #2

My grandmother told me that, after she gave birth to my mother (1921), enough Jan 2013 #3

This is one of the reasons the extended family living together Warpy Jan 2013 #4

Good point Warpy. People romanticize the "extended family under one roof" enough Jan 2013 #15

No, they all need to take good long, hard looks at their parents and inlaws Warpy Jan 2013 #16

a child learns more through touch than anything else greenman3610 Jan 2013 #5

Once again, a misleading title for a popular science/medicine article... DreamGypsy Jan 2013 #6

It always amazes me that every ten years Moms have been doing it all wrong. kickysnana Jan 2013 #7

True. Just like one year milk and eggs are good for you and the next year Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #8

How unlikable Dorian Gray Jan 2013 #11

plenty Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #14

In fact, letting children 'cry it out' was much more recommended 50 years ago than now. LeftishBrit Jan 2013 #9

Well mzmolly Jan 2013 #13

Another point: this researcher may be an expert on moral development, but, unless she has been badly LeftishBrit Jan 2013 #10

Glad I'm not of the "modern parent" mzmolly Jan 2013 #12