( But golf clap for having a citation!) For example: what did the study really look at? What methods were used? What did the peer-reviewers have to say about it?Īnd because the scientific method relies on replication, it’s very important that subsequent research be taken into account. The big problem with sharing research after only reading the title or at most the abstract is that you don’t know the details. Peer reviewed, mainstream scientific journal… The now infamous Hunziker-Barr study from 1986 titled, “Increased Carrying Reduces Infant Crying: A Randomized Controlled Trial” is one of these studies being endlessly, endlessly cited. I used to be one and I know they can do better once they know better.) The AP community (like many others) has had a long and conflicted relationship with science, rejecting what doesn’t fit and oversharing-to-death any studies with titles that appear to support their ideology without actually reading them. AttachmentĪttachment Parenting proponents would argue that babies are crying because they don’t have a secure attachment to their caregiver and to develop secure attachment babies need to be, well, attached. At face value it seems to make sense, if babies are crying because they want to be (need to be) held but can’t be held because their caregiver needs to get other things done, then viola! Just use an infant carrier and crying is reduced.īut it’s not quite that simple– the crying or the research.
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