- Parents who are very controlling when interacting with their infants may increase the likelihood that their babies tune in to angry voices, a new study shows.
"By 'directive' we mean it in a very specific sense, that is, the extent to which a parent tends to behave and/or comment in ways that control or restrict their baby's involvement in play or communication. In the way we measured it in our study, such behaviors can be a subtle yet consistent pattern and may or may not involve the voice," Zhao said in an email.
Zhao and her colleagues studied the effects of parenting in 29 mother-child pairs. Mothers and 6-month old infants were watched during play sessions and the mothers were rated on how often demands, intrusions and/or critical comments occurred."Babies who experience what we call a directive style of parenting are likely to feel limited or restricted in what they can do, express and/or contribute to play.
The research shows that baby brains react more strongly to angry voices when their parents are more"intrusive and demanding," Zhao said. Other research has shown that more sensitive parenting that is responsive to the baby's needs and interests has a positive influence on language development, but it may also have an impact on how the baby processes emotional tones, she added.
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