This chapter explores the benefits of singing to babies, including how it engages their attention and teaches them language and turn taking. The speakers discuss the emotional regulation that singing provides and the role it plays in forming a feedback loop between caregiver and baby. They also discuss how the songs we sing to babies evolve as they grow older.
A founding member of the band Gang of Youths. A single mum from Adelaide. A dad of two in Brisbane. What do all these people have in common?
They all have young kids, and they all sing to them constantly!
This week we ask: why do babies turn us into non-stop singing machines? Where does this instinct come from and what purpose does it serve?
This episode was first broadcast in August 2023.