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Mon, 09-24-2012 - 10:59am

Mom to a bab [2]y boy? Back away from the binky. ScienceDaily [3] reports a trio of experiments show pacifiers, well, kinda suck when it comes to the emotional development -- particularly learning facial [4] expressions -- of young boys.

The experiments are summed up in a new study [5]out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which states that people, regardless of age, take on both expressions and body language of others.


Read More http://www.ivillage.com/study-pacifiers-stunt-emotional-growth-boys/6-a-488198#ixzz27OpRC5yc [6]
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Interesting! Two of my 3 boys used a pacifier until the age of one.  How about your kiddos? Do they use a pacifier?

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