This Is The Secret To Raising Kind Kids

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We all want to raise kind, compassionate kids, and it turns out that dancing with your baby (yes, dancing) can help you accomplish this goal, according to a new study published in Developmental Science.

The deets: An assistant held each 14-month-old baby and gently bounced to music. The babies either faced a researcher who bounced in-sync with the way the baby was bounced, or who moved at a different tempo. When the song ended, the researcher facing the baby dropped a marker to see if the little one would try to pick it up.

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