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I agree - evidence is awesome. Here's a pretty good assessment of it: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/774928.html http://answers.google.com/an
by sdenheyer 16y ago
I agree - evidence is awesome.
Here's a pretty good assessment of it:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/774928.html http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/774928.html
One thing I don't think is in dispute: "Cry it out" works quickly and involves less exhaustion for parents and children.
- jerf 16y agoWow, nice link! It really seems to boil down to a big ol' "I dunno" from science, which is at least a bound on the virtues/dangers of the approach if nothing else. As someone who is actually relatively interested in science, I have noticed that it isn't very helpful when it comes to parenting, except in a few cases which tend not to be very surprising ("hey, don't smoke around your baby"). The studies are so small and there are so many confounding factors I almost wonder why they try. I'm satisfied with our outcome, nobody got exhausted and we're in a pretty good position now, but who really knows why?
- sdenheyer 16y agoI agree with you - most of this stuff has a marginal difference on long term outcomes. The way I interpret the data is: as long as you don't abuse or neglect your kid, they'll be fine. Most parents don't want to hear this - but I think it's great! I don't have to participate in science-approved stimulation activities, I can just play with my kids.