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Parenting Plays Key Role in Infant's Response to Stress

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Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Parenting style starts to influence a child's ability to deal with stress as early as 6 months of age, a new report says.

The findings, published in the September/October issue of Child Development, show that parenting and genes influence how a child deals with stress, and that parental actions could put infants at risk of developing poor responses to such situations.


     
     
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Say it ain't so! Apparently I'm not raising little Einsteins after all!

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If you live in a college town, you can be forgiven for coming to the conclusion that everyone in said town is gifted. Nay - a genius!