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The McMaster University study which says that dancing with your baby can make the child more helpful is interesting but the science seems to have a way to go to prove that children are learning a long-term life skill. Researchers found that dancing with a child either in your arms or with the toddler’s feet on the floor tended to make them more helpful. There seems little doubt that this healthy interaction would be entertaining for the child. The researchers noted that after such a session the child would typically scramble to pick up a dropped pen or similar object and return it to the parent. This might be an attempt by the child to extend the pleasant engagement. That would be a healthy reaction but not necessarily one that identifies on-going helpfulness. As in all things, however, small steps lead to great accomplishments and that may be true with the findings of this study
