Is There Any Truth To This?
Written by: Kim Sawyer
Love makes kids smarter. Yesterday, I read an article that states the more love given to kids as they mature, the smarter they will be. According to a Yahoo News Story, “In the 1950s, Harry Harlow conducted a series of experiments with baby rhesus monkeys that showed, without a doubt, that lack of love and comfort makes for a crazy monkey. “ In addition, ” Harlow and pals put little monkeys into contraptions that isolated them from others, visually, physically, and even out of hearing, and the babies became despondent. “ Wow. Isn’t this how, back in the day, some people raised their kids? Think about it. Haven’t you heard advice on raising kids such as, let babies cry for a while – it doesn’t hurt them, let babies sleep alone to grow independent, or for God’s sake, put that kid down – you’ll spoil him/her by holding them too much.
Current research is building on Harlow’s work by showing that a mother love doesn’t just make for a psychologically well-adjusted child, it also makes for a smart kid. In the research, it shows that the highly nurtured chimps do better than the ones without a history of attachment. It also shows that the well-nurtured chimps do even better than human kids on this pint-sized IQ test.
We all know that we need to love and to be loved . We need to be held and talked to and made to feel that at least one person wants to be with us all the time. And what is, in my opinion, indisputable is that if we get that kind of love and give that kind of love to our children, we all will be fine – even better than fine.
Now, I like this research (surprised?). Just to build on the love factor, I also think studying has something to do with kids getting smarter. So, if balance is applied, between love and studying, can you imagine the smarts a child can have?
Tags: do not withhold love from your child, Harry Harlow, love makes kids smarter
February 10th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
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February 12th, 2009 at 8:28 am
I held my babies whenever they wanted to be held. I don’t believe you can spoil a baby with too much love. However, it is a proven fact that you can ruin their lives with a lack of love and attention. I’m giving all my grandchildren the same treatment and loving every minute of it. I even spoil the grand dogs!
February 12th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Miss Elaine, I agree with you 100%! Can you believe it?:–)
February 12th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Of course I believe it! We all have common ground somewhere. It’s the disagreeing that keeps things lively and interesting so that’s good too.
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