Cross-posted from Christina Samuels at Early Years. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ recent advice to start reading to children “from infancy” may have parents of newborns running to the library.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University professor is advising parents to rethink the way they read to their children. Jennifer Dobbs, an assistant professor of developmental studies in Purdue's ...

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