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Suddenly, at around eight to nine months of age, your child begins to scream when a stranger—or even an out-of-town grandmother—arrives for a visit. This “stranger anxiety” has a very clear cause; the prefrontal cortex has just had a growth spurt in the rudiments of abstract thinking, and baby now realizes that this person is alarmingly unfamiliar.

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Jane Healy

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Your Child’s Growing Mind

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Jeff Johnson

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Jeff Johnson is an early learning trainer, podcaster, and author who founded Explorations Early Learning, Playvolution HQ, and Play Haven.

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