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| |    Can You Create a Superbaby? by Dr. Benjamin Spock reviewed by Robert Needlman, M.D., F.A.A.P. The discovery that so much important brain development occurs in the early years has led some parents to try to create superbabies--through relentless stimulation and education, starting right after birth. Yet the best experiences for an infant appear to be those she inherently enjoys--those that are rich with love and caring and security, and those that make sense to her. (How can you tell if something makes sense to an infant? Easy: They smile, they laugh, they coo.) The best learning occurs when an infant is happy, relaxed, attentive, and actively involved, not when she is being oppressed with cold, unwanted, and unnatural stimulation. So our brains are affected by experience, but they still have limits set by our genetic endowment. Very few of us can be Mozart or Michael Jordan, no matter how much our parents played music to us or how early they placed a large orange ball in our crib. The lesson of the new scientific knowledge about the brain development of young children is to think of ways to encourage their potential, whatever it might be, not to try to artificially surpass that potential.
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