Some parents become quite upset and it can interfere with how they treat a baby. A severe cry can lead to child abuse. Parents who do not read their babies well are often undermined by depression and low self-esteem, Lester says. Conversely, there are benefits for those who understand their children's wails. Eighteen months later, infants with the strongest wails whose mothers had correctly identified their urgency scored highest on a language-development test.
Babies vary in how well they communicate.
It is both a function of how a baby communicates and a parent's understanding. When we have a match, mothers can provide stimulation and necessary care giving. Changes in society have posed some difficulties for today's parents, Lester notes. Many people grew up with a nuclear families with lots of aunts and uncles who they learned from . Now, we have mothers who have never held or felt a baby.