Mums are better at developing their child's emotional skills because they tell more heartfelt stories, according to a new study.
Recent research has shown that
youngsters who read to pet dogs learn more quickly than those who read aloud to
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Although talking is not an area where ability is usually considered along
gender lines, scientists say there are subtle differences between the sexes in
their story-relating ability and the act of reminiscing.
Previous research has found parents reminiscing with their kids enables them
to interpret experiences and weave together the past, present and future. There
is also evidence that parents elaborate less when talking to sons than
daughters.
Researchers studied 42 families with children who were four or
five-years-old.
Parents were asked to reminisce about four past emotional experiences of the
child - happy, sad, a conflict with a peer and a conflict with a parent - and
two past play interactions they experienced together.
The parents took turns talking to the child on separate visits in the study
for Springer's journal Sex Roles. Results showed mums elaborate more when
reminiscing with their children than dads do, and there is no difference in the
extent parents elaborate on a story depending on the sex of the child.
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