Taking it to the Net


1			Beginning in the 1990s, a number of products were marketed to parents based on widely publicized research findings about how certain kinds of music could influence a child’s cognitive development (popularly known as the “Mozart Effect”). Ben is a marketing manager for a company that publishes these products. He feels it’s his responsibility to understand how these claims can be supported by what we currently know about child cognitive development. He would like to promote a CD recording of Mozart designed to be played in the nursery without making a glib causal connection between listening to a certain kind of music and a child’s intelligence. How might Ben qualify the claims his company makes for the CD? http://www.musica.uci.edu/mrn/V7I1W00.html




2			Huy grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which co-sleeping until adolescence was the norm. He sees no problem with allowing his infant daughter to sleep with him and his wife. His wife, Lori, who was born and raised in the United States, is concerned that allowing her to sleep in their bed places her at risk for SIDS. Is co-sleeping a significant risk factor for SIDS? What can Huy and Lori do to reduce all risks? http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids/




3			Marianne has landed a part-time job as a nanny for Jack, a two-month old boy. What can Marianne expect to see in terms of the child's sensory and motor development as she interacts with and observes Jack over the next six months? http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/normaldevelopment.shtml

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