REBELSKY, FREDA, and HANKS, CHERYL. Fathers' Verbal Interaction with Infants in the First Three Months of Life. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1971, 42, 63-68. Fathers' verbal interactions with their infants were gathered by means of a microphone attached to the infant for a 24-hour period every 2 weeks, from the time the infant was 2 weeks of age to the time he was 3 months old. The data show that fathers spend little time vocalizing to their infants and that the number of interactions varies by time of day, age and sex of infant, and the kind of activity occurring during the interaction.
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