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The authors describe nu- — spending time with babies — is overlooked. “We're still looking at ways to raise children in a post-industrial society and we haven't done a very good job,” she merous experiments, including ones they've conducted,that show whatbabies know and how they explore and interpret their world, said, noting that when America was an agrarian society, both mom and stayed home with the kids. “Whatscience tells usis based on the information they to parent. And wedothat by the na baby's "The smartsdiscovery and emotionalin the Meltzoff and Patricia Kuhlto constantly updatingthelrtheories we are welldesigned by evolution well write their book. 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