Early Parenting Plays Key Role In Infants’ Physiological Response To Stress
In infancy, genes are the key influence on a child’s ability to deal with stress. But as early as 6 months of age, parenting plays an important role in changing the impact of genes that may put infants at risk for responding poorly to stress. That’s the message from a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Pennsylvania State University, the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and North Carolina State University.
