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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
The studies I've read said there is a cutoff. You can't spoil an infant by answering its cries. But kids have to learn at some point that although they would rather you be there, it won't always work like that. Hopefully you won't read extra into this and I won't have to respond with something like, "You know I didn't mean that a crying child should always (or often or whatever) be ignored."
TM
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We always made a point of answering our children's cries when they were infants and well into toddlerhood (is that a word?). We didn't always give them whatever they were crying for, but we always responded. We now have two of the most secure, self-confident people I know for children. I can't say absolutely that it was because of the way we raised them when they were younger, but I know it had to have some impact.
I'm not saying that our way was the only way. We all make our own choices in parenting. I'm just reporting on favorable results from one choice.
