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Does anyone here believe that mask wearing by a significant caregiver does not delay the speech development of babies and toddlers?
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I believe that across a population, mask wearing by a significant caregiver causes more speech delays that would happen without masks.  I do not believe that mask wearing causes speech delays in every child.  I choose to roll the dice on speech delays by sending my children to daycare with masked caregivers and I’m not advocating for them to be unmasked since I am more concerned about illness in the caregiver than increased risk of speech delay for my children but I would love to see some population level studies on this to actually see what the relative risks actually are.[/quote]

What about emotional learning? I once smiled at my 2 yo daughter with my mask on when were out of the house somewhere and she was completely unresponsive. I smiled again and again no response. She couldn't tell I was smiling with my mask on. I finally got a smile back when I pulled down my mask and smiled at her a third time. [/quote]

I also don’t know about emotional learning.  My 2-year-old reacts when I smile at her with my mask on (my eyes crinkle a lot when I smile maybe?), but your experience definitely makes me think this might be another situation where there are definitely delays across a population even if they don’t effect every kid the same way.[/quote]

This makes me think of the Harvard quiz of trying to recognize emotions from just the eyes. I wonder if today's toddlers will be a lot more perceptive of that. Unfortunately, my three year old has been very focused on my forehead lines as a barometer of how I'm feeling. [/quote]

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