New Psychology Research Confirms the Power of Singing to Infants

New psychology research confirms the power of singing to infants

Parents across the world sing to their babies every day—soothing them, amusing them, or simply connecting with them. But does this instinctive behavior have measurable long-term benefits for infants’ emotional well-being? A new study published in the journal Child Development suggests it does. In a randomized trial, researchers found that encouraging parents to sing more frequently led to sustained increases in infant mood, even after the interv…

There’s Nothing Like a Mother’s Lullaby ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The right music can have a calming effect on babies. Thus, some have claimed that serene passages of classical music should be played to babies as part of their formation. However, it is not Mozart who affects infants the most. The soothing tone of a loving mother is much more effective. A recent study by Yale’s Child Studies Center confirmed the beneficial effect of singing to infants. Researchers sought to measure the advantages of singing ove…

Nothing In the World Like A Mother’s Love

On Mother’s Day, I received an email from one of our readers in Kansas. She’s a mother, now in her 80s, and went to church on Mother’s Day hoping for some encouragement. But the pastor at her church never mentioned mothers.