“Because most infants spend more time looking at female faces—because there are more women than men taking care of babies—they comprehend them better: babies, at least those raised primarily by women, tend to see female faces as individuals and male faces as a category. (Women have identities; men are just men.)” BabiesGender Roles Book:Baby Meets World: Suck, Smile, Touch, Toddle Source: Baby Meets World: Suck, Smile, Touch, Toddle
“When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail; when you are a baby, everything looks like something to suck.” BabiesInstincts Book:Baby Meets World: Suck, Smile, Touch, Toddle Source: Baby Meets World: Suck, Smile, Touch, Toddle
“While everyone was screaming in italics, the babies themselves seem to have done just fine. Despite their inability to do almost anything on their own, infants are far more flexible than they get credit for: within a few obvious parameters—food, shelter, love—they are astonishingly adaptive.” ExpertsBabiesResiliency Book:Baby Meets World: Suck, Smile, Touch, Toddle Source: Baby Meets World: Suck, Smile, Touch, Toddle