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             Family



             matters!





                 f you’re a mum of two (or more!),
                 you’ll have noticed the positive
                 effect your eldest has on
            Iher younger brother or sister.
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             However, a new study has found
             that little ones can have a big impact
             too! Researchers studied 452 sets
             of siblings between the ages of 18 and
             48 months by videoing interactions
             in their homes and collecting
             questionnaires from mums. When
             assessing the responses, researchers
             found that both younger and older
             children’s ability to understand other
             people’s feelings improvedasaresult
             oftheirrelationship.
       WORDS EMILY THORPE  PHOTOGRAPHY SHUTTERSTOCK, ISTOCK







         *FEATURED IN THE JOURNAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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