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Hey, new parents – go ahead and 'spoil' that baby!

  • Written by Amy Root, Professor of Applied Human Sciences, West Virginia University
Hey, new parents – go ahead and 'spoil' that baby!How to soothe a crying baby? Try everything.Tripod/Getty Images

When an infant cries, parents frequently wonder whether they should soothe the baby or let the baby calm itself down. If they respond to every sob, won’t the baby cry more? Isn’t that spoiling the baby?

I hear these questions a lot as a professor of child development and...

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