Children Aren’t Lab Rats

By Karol Markowicz

Published August 20, 2021 3:00am ET

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Children Aren’t Lab Rats — The American Academy of Pediatrics doesn’t usually light up political Twitter. But earlier this month, the AAP tweeted, “Babies and young children study faces, so you may worry that having masked caregivers would harm children’s language development. There are no studies to support this concern. Young children will use other clues like gestures and tone […]

The American Academy of Pediatrics doesn’t usually light up political Twitter.

But earlier this month, the AAP tweeted, “Babies and young children study faces, so you may worry that having masked caregivers would harm children’s language development. There are no studies to support this concern. Young children will use other clues like gestures and tone of voice.”

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