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My husband and I never used “baby talk” with our daughter but spoke to her in fully formed, adult sentences from the time she was born, pausing afterward to let her “respond” in whatever way she could. People around us in the supermarket thought we were crazy, but we did wind up with an emotionally intelligent teenager who actually talks to adults. (And she can torture me with three-decimal precision. I’m so proud.)
How Emotions Are Made
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Zucker looks to “sensory sensitivity”, or the idea that picky eating is a function of the intensity of experience as a possible cause. Similarly, researchers at the University of Rochester theorized there could be “supertasters”, and other scientists pointed to children able to taste bitterness most intensely. All researchers that spoke to the Guardian pointed to a complex interplay of neurology and environment.
Picky Eaters May Grow Into Depressed and Anxious Kids, Research Suggests | US News | the Guardian
Jessica Glenza
One in three people on earth had fallen ill. One in ten of those – perhaps as many as one in five – had died.
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