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A two-week-old infant cries an average of one and a half hours every day. This increases to approximately three hours per day when the child is about six weeks old. By the time children are twelve weeks old, their daily crying has decreased dramatically and averages less than one hour. This same basic pattern of crying is present among children from a wide range of cultures throughout the world. It appears to be wired into the nervous system of our species. - Lawrence Kutner
Attribution: Lawrence Kutner (20th century), U.S. child psychologist and author. Parent and Child, ch. 7 (1991).

Categories: Child Psychologist And Author, Children, Emotions, Infant Development

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