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Published on: 10/1/2008
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Sydney Children's Hospital executive director Les White said while to many the advice may seem obvious, there were parents who had no idea how much interaction infants need with adults for brain development.
"Lots of young parents today have little support or knowledge about kids, their extended family is not around to give advice, they've had no experience with children, and babies don't come with an instruction manual," he said.
Just spending a few minutes each day talking, singing nursery rhymes, telling stories and reading books helps them to learn to communicate, think and cope with feelings, long before they can read or speak, he said.