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Amy Webb
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Amy, This is a great study. I promote literacy to families, schools & libraries and am always looking for material to put into my literacy presentations. This is great work. Thanks for your contribution to the community!
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- http://thoughtfulparent.com
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- http://twitter.com/thoughtparent
- A little about yourself...
- I'm a wife and new mom to a little boy. I have a Phd in Human Development and Family Sciences so I blog about child development and parenting.
- What kinds of things do you typically Twitter about?
- new posts, good articles
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- mommyhood, blogging, work-at-home, religion, breastfeeding
Amy Webb's Blog
Moms' Expectations About Infant Sleep: Is There a Connection to Actual Sleep Patterns?
A new study just released in the journal Child Development addresses an interesting issue--do moms' thoughts and expectations (i.e., cognitions) about infant sleep actually influence how well (or not so well) their babies sleep? It's an interesting idea when you think about it. The concept is that parents have certain expectations or preconceived ideas of how their child will behave, whether it be in regards to sleeping or eating, playing, etc. These expectations may actually influence how paren… Continue
Posted on June 10, 2009 at 1:05pm —
New Study: TV Exposure and Children's Language Development
A new study was just released yesterday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine sheds more light on the research showing a relationship between young children's exposure to TV and their language development. A leading researcher in the field, Dimitri Christakis, studied 329 children aged 2 months to 4 years old. Using a very creative study method, he and his collegues had the children wear small digital… Continue
Posted on June 9, 2009 at 4:05pm — 1 Comment
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- At 11:58am on June 12, 2009,
Grief Worthy said…
- Welcome, so nice to have you here. Roe
- At 4:00pm on June 9, 2009,
Megan Calhoun said…
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