Improving child development through research
How children develop is fascinating. The scientific study of child development is helping improve children’s lives, through improved understanding, better interventions and better policy
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Welcome to Generation New Era
Thank you for joining the Generation New Era Study and downloading BabySteps. Stay updated through the app on the progress of the study and learn about child development.
The science of parentese
You may have noticed that you, and most adults, tend to speak to babies in a special way – sometimes people call this motherese, although everyone does it, not just mothers. We find it natural when we’re with babies to speak in a slower, higher pitched and softer tone, and although we might not realise…
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