Babies stressed by forward-facing buggies: British study

November 21, 2008

Babies transported in forward-facing buggies could end up "emotionally impoverished" due to lack of face-to-face contact with the parent pushing them, a British study suggested Friday.



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TJ_alberta
Nov 21, 2008

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what reviewed journal was this published in? the one they sell at supermarket checkouts?
ShadowRam
Nov 21, 2008

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And later, we find babies not in forward facing buggies are now deathly afraid of rollercoasters and airplanes, because they can't see the controller of said vehicle.

Please start using your brains for something useful?
Smellyhat
Nov 21, 2008

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On the other hand, they could also end up "emotionally impoverished" due to being British.
bmerc
Nov 21, 2008

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Why don't we just wrap babies up in bubble wrap as soon as they come out of the womb and lock them away in a room with hypoallergenic flowers until they are adults so that they are not exposed to any stressful situations. It seems sometimes as if it is unavoidable that we are going to develop into a world full women and overly feminine men who will never even be weened from the teat because it would just be too stressful.
bmcghie
Nov 21, 2008

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Bitty! (Little Britain anyone?)
Roach
Nov 21, 2008

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"Specifically, the study found that 25 percent of parents using face-to-face buggies actually spoke to their baby, more than twice as many as with away-facing buggies, which are the most common type."

Ok so 75% to 87.5% of british parents don't talk to their babies? What the hell is wrong with you? You freekin animals!!! That's obscene.

"The heart rate of babies who could see the buggy-pusher was also lower, and the infants were twice as likely to fall asleep, the researchers discovered. "

This just in, Rear Facing Baby Buggies Lead to Narcolepsy.

Please don't flame this post I realize that the sentance from the article was just poorly crafted and I truely do not hate the British for not talking to their babies, with teeth like that it'd probably scare them anyhow.

Ok, that slipped one more time, aside from the prior unwarrented outlash and subsequent joke at the Brits expense I truely don't intend to offend anyone besides this is actually out of Scotland specificly so maybe they were turning the buggy around so they didn't see their Dad in a skirt.

Ok one more time, I apoligize to everyone I've offended, it's a good thing the Frogs didn't do this study I'd... Darn it. ok I'm out.
murray
Nov 22, 2008

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The defensive pushback in the comments are more interesting than the article, which s simply common sense to people who study infant and child development.
Roach
Nov 24, 2008

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I think it's a little sad how people take this garbage so seriously. If this were as damaging as their study indicates, then the entire world would be reduced to a bunch of autistic adults. I'm not anti children, but aren't there more important things to study, like SIDS, Cholic, Pediatric Cancer, Teenage Suicide rates... baby buggy directions could be called into question if they haven't been using them for the past couple centuries.
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