Commenters are missing out on the crucial fact that modern day parents on their phone ARE the equivalent of the still face to their babies. Thank you so much for filming this!

@raskulx1664

4 жыл бұрын

This, 100%

@eminemilly

4 жыл бұрын

Even tv n newspapers

@burry218

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you!

@theaccount2964

4 жыл бұрын

1000%

@VixxKong2

4 жыл бұрын

No, it's not equivalent. The baby can understand that someone is having a conversation

I think Tronick’s experiment involved babies around a year old. You show that even a baby just a few months old has a meltdown. I like that you modernized it with a cellphone. It shows that a baby NEEDS social-type interaction with mom, that his needs go beyond the basics of diaper-changing, feeding, putting down for sleep.

@mauia88

3 жыл бұрын

There is another video of the experiment being done on 2-year-olds and the toddlers also become crushed and meltdown. Yup, it’s important at any age of a developing child.

@nadjak3410

3 жыл бұрын

@@mauia88 Honestly, even we as adults need a real interaction. Not being seen and always met with a uninterested stare by the people we love can make adults depressed, too. Every human needs other people's emotional reassurance.

@ishrendon6435

2 жыл бұрын

@@nadjak3410 humans are social animals we arent tigers obviously. Tigers and orangutans and other animals are true independent animals and dont interact with much or at all with there own species unless for sex with male and females but then the male leaves the impregnated mother and back to no contact and she raises the newborns alone and no socialization after that its just how they are and we are. We're an incredibly weak species biologically no sharp teeth, or claws or horns. Sticking together helps us survive so thats why we're a social animal we wouldn't be here without others unlike tigers or orangutans who dont need to be social with there own species it doesn't benefit them at all just for sexual reproduction.

@LubnaHaddad-di9mc

Жыл бұрын

Babies develop the full social smile at around 4 months and synchrony (when parents looks at baby, baby looks back; parents makes a face, baby makes a face) at sound 6 months. Quickly followed with reverse synchrony (when baby starts the interaction). So at 6 months, still-face effect is very strong.

@LubnaHaddad-di9mc

Жыл бұрын

Actually it is probably worst at 2 years old. 18 months is when they have very strong separation anxiety.

I love how you used your phone in this experiment. When I saw the original, my first thought was that the blank faced woman looked just like someone on their phone.

@SunflowerSpotlight

5 жыл бұрын

applebritta When I saw the male version, I was unnerved. It was basically my brother zoning out on his phone. That stresses me and my family out HORRIBLY. We get on to him that he’s there but not with us, and when he leaves (he lives 18 hours away) he’ll miss us. I’m so happy I found this before he has kids. He really has to stop the habit beforehand. It’s... it’ll really be such a huge problem if he doesn’t. My goodness.

@aparnam5524

Жыл бұрын

No. Eye contact was there . That changes everything. Sure contact and no expression is 100 times meaner, ruder and deep

Τhat baby is freaking adorable

@yourcrush4889

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! So precious

@Sugar_Rose

10 ай бұрын

The cutest thing ever 😭

@nadinehart8624

9 ай бұрын

It’s just a baby. Its unremarkable at best

Really disturbing when you think of the cumulative effect it has on our kids for us to be engaged on our phones for so much of the day.

@lucyavarda1742

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I try not to go on my phone around my baby

@berriillaa

4 ай бұрын

and now I have an addict lol all they did was give me a phone so I would shut up

0:48 that sneeze put the biggest smile on my face

I love the baby's eyes. And she is too adorable!

@sukhinwonderlandd

3 жыл бұрын

She???

@sukhinwonderlandd

3 жыл бұрын

You mean They

@hweart

3 жыл бұрын

@@sukhinwonderlandd wym they

@uocroitoilathat5087

2 жыл бұрын

@@sukhinwonderlandd Its a fucking baby

This is actually less traumatic to watch, for me- the viewer, than the original experiment as demonstrated by the man who devised it. In the original, the way the mother stared blankly into her baby's eyes, actually making constant eye contact with her baby...oy! It gave me the heebie jeebies! At least here, the mother is looking at her phone- not as directly un-emotive to her baby as shown in the original experiment.

@demelof1913

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. They weren't just not responding to their child. They were staring at them with a blank face which is worse.

@Bilbi111

5 жыл бұрын

I think the experience of the baby is simillar- mom is not looking at him and not interacting with him. He is lonely, I don't think he says to himself- "that's alright, she is busy with her cell-phone". So maybe for the adult it's easier to watch this experiment and not the original because we have the expalanation why the adults has still face. Remember that for the baby it's the same and I am very worried about this generation that is raised with still-faced parents.

@rodneyleon3645

5 жыл бұрын

it shouldnt be disturbing. whats disturbing is constantly putting on a show for your child. that's damaging. overstimulation is worse than a dose of understimulation. they most definitely need stimulation but these days it's light years of overkill.

@Bilbi111

5 жыл бұрын

@@rodneyleon3645 I do agree with you that parents shouldn't engage and stimulate their child all the time, they shouldn't be the center of all the attention (Winnicot also said that). But I think the problem of many babies, toddlers and children these days is not too much interaction with their parents, but too much stimulation from watching screens themselves....while their parents are busy doing other things, or watching other screens. In fact recently I read about an experiment that observed parents and toddlers in waiting rooms in public places (like doctors'). They observed that parents spent about 70% of the time with their mobile phone and not at all with their young child.

@johnsaunders5690

5 жыл бұрын

@@rodneyleon3645 Parents should be responsive to the infants needs, sensitive responsiveness is key in building an attachment bond. A good parent will know what his/her infant needs through the cue's their child gives to them, that also includes knowing when enough is enough.

Hi I'm 49 and mother of 6. I've realized through the years that my 1st daughter had emotional issues because I didn't understand how important engaging and with my daughter and how m7ch it could affect her. I had her in 1988. Fast forward to today she is now turning 35 and has 5 younger siblings. Finally from my experiences and upbringing I was always told "Your spoiling her that's why she crys all the time or let her cry until she falls asleep mind you she was 2 months old! I blindly followed and did what they said because they in my eyes were older and had children my mother aunt's ECT. Like I mentioned my first born I did what I was told because after all nobody want a spoiled child oh no your considered a "New Mother yes I appreciate all the advise it was meant out if love and help. I'm gonna wrap it up because it's late and this comment is turning into a essay! Lol My eldest daughter still has issues with me because I ignored my instincts to engage because I didn't want to spoil or wherever eked old school advice is great but at the end of the day engage cuddle pick up your child even as a new born 💚

@donnamccrimmon552

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I encourage you to share this with your daughter and make every effort to spend time with her and offer your face. Attune to what she says, even if it's hard. You did what you thought was right at the time. I pray her heart can understand this.

@arancienne

Жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing, my mom tells me to let my 2 month old cry too and i know in my heart that isn't right but she's old school and stuck in her ways and takes offense if i dont take her advice

@user-ol5uc8nx1z

Жыл бұрын

I feel like even now parents often don't get enough of correct information on parenting, I wouldn't blame someone in the 80s for not knowing better.

We are born to be social. It's in our genes to thrive as a pack. Although media is portrayed as 'social' it is quite the opposite as no one truly sees each other and reactions are dulled. We are slowly becoming addicted to and dependent on media. We need to learn to be human again

@beatricecallan

2 жыл бұрын

So true

The mom could only do it for so long ... I was glad to see that.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 congratulations for demonstrating that being on the phone all the time is as harmful as neglecting your child. I hope you got nice grades for your exam.

That little sneeze 🤗 Bless you little baby, bless you 🥺

And that is the most adorable baby I have ever seen.

Message of the video: give attention to your children and not your phone

Awww this made me tear up! I want a little baby so much 😭 (On a side note, the book titled "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents" by Lindsay C. Gibson is what brought to this video. An *excellent* read that I highly recommend!)

@MissZetaJones

Жыл бұрын

Same here :D The book brought me here.

@fionakhumaphiri6033

Жыл бұрын

Me too i am currently reading it

@user-hq5yi2zi8u

3 ай бұрын

Me too!

Omg, the cuteness factor is off the charts with this baby!😍

Im so glad i bumped into this.. my poor 2 month old must be sad when im always on the phone🥺😢😢 no wonder she cries a lot😭

@KarrieDreammind5

2 жыл бұрын

It's not too late to change. Do your best to shower her with affection and attention and she will grow into a healthy & happy adult!

I see parents every now and then not even looking at their kids, just engrossed in their smartphones. It makes me very sad 😔.

@EIizabethGrace

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly don’t see what’s the problem with that. I’d get it if you told me your kid does that all day, or that you’ve seen someone literally not even glancing at their child for 30 minutes as in they wouldn’t even have noticed if she was kidnapped or bawling her eyes out, but if it’s something you notice while taking a walk in the park or something, during the 30 seconds you spend looking at a passerby, how is that an issue? Say you see a parent on their phone and not looking at their baby at all for 5-10 minutes: that’s a nonsensically small amount of time. In no way does it imply that child is being neglected. You saw that parent ignore their child for the whole time they spent in your life, but to them it’s 1/144 of theirs. That same parent may (and likely does) dedicate every waking hour to their baby in one way or another. Without even mentioning that they might be figuring stuff out with their boss, partner or the nanny: that may be their one break. That game of candy crush may be one of the few times they get to relax. That conversation with a friend may be the only interaction they’ll have with an adult all day long. They might really need that. Being a new parent requires sacrifices, but it doesn’t mean being a robot that can go on with no breaks aside from a few hours of sleep a night. You having seen a few parents on their phone over the years hardly proves it’s anything more than that.

@naikimimi

10 ай бұрын

​@@EIizabethGracenigg wtf

@SaystheTruth3

5 ай бұрын

​@@EIizabethGraceYou are correct 💯

So is that the world's cutest baby or what?

@19midnightsun87

7 ай бұрын

Right after my little baby boy, but yes, pretty sure this is #2!

@nadinehart8624

29 күн бұрын

No. Its mediocre at best

Awe, I couldn’t ignore that little cutie for a second. Great experiment though. Hope you did well on your exam!👍

So good .... the “smart” phone generation needs to see this

@sukhinwonderlandd

3 жыл бұрын

Which you are a part of

@slurpee4203

2 жыл бұрын

as you’re on your smartphone

@rubymabelclairepearl

2 жыл бұрын

Yea well I see more adults and boomers (cough cough) on their phones.

@russ_artzo0

2 жыл бұрын

2 years ago but I just came here to say you're another old senile fool 👍

This is an important reminder honey. Thank you for this experiment.

Thank you for this video, I will use it in my class as I teach child development and psychology.

I think this demonstrates so much that interaction with babys is work too. Care work. You have to be present, always. So in my opinion I think the term "it's take a village to raise a child" isn't that far from reality, that it's necessary for a mother not to be the ONLY attachement figure for the baby.

@real2143

2 жыл бұрын

Yup...you are right! But, in REAL civilisations, I mean those some consider PRIMITIVE, babies are always with the mother, they are carying their babies with them everywhere(to the fields, to work, etc). So, in the first 3 years babies need ONLY attention, caring, cuddling, love! After that they may need "the village to raise them up"!

More videos of your baby, he's so adorable 😭

I need a baby in my life. Im fairly sure I'm going to be obsessed with my child for years

The baby is still trying to engage This is a good update on the original experiment

Oh God such a cuteee darling baby so cuteeeeeee want to love him

This is the cutest baby ever❤

What a cutie pie mashaAllah

Now imagine u are growing up in these times. Everyone covered its face, you dont get to see anyones reactions beside the sound people make when they see cute stuff

@Konkreet7

2 жыл бұрын

don't worry so much ☺️ there will be nuances but it's almost like saying you can't upbring a happy blind child, humans are resilient, they feel with hands, listen, and much more

@kekkekkek5683

2 жыл бұрын

@@Konkreet7 True dat :D didnt think of this tbh :D

@real2143

2 жыл бұрын

We(my family) never put on the muzzle, even if everybody wore it in my country... They were compliant even without being obliged to do it...And every time we (my family) met babies on streets, they were absolutely stunned/laughing when they saw our face...we were joking among us:"that poor baby must have thinked...wow...that is someting new...FACES😂"

@sxxxxxlxxx

Жыл бұрын

@@real2143 lmao they probably thought you were ugly. Newsflash, people don’t wear masks when they’re at home taking care of their babies. You anti maskers are just stupid as fuck and think we all slept in our masks. Move on inbred

@KillIconic

Жыл бұрын

​@@real2143 wow so brave

So basically, ya gotta be real sneaky when you’re on your phone around your baby. Like somehow be playing with it, fire off a quick text and right back to interaction. Huh. Also, I have a degree in linguistics, and when it comes to interacting with your baby, talk to them with baby speak or adult speak. It doesn’t super matter what you use as long as you’re positively interacting with your baby

@a.a.g.h.1679

3 жыл бұрын

reshi p absolutely NYET

@user-wn3wv5bx5e

3 жыл бұрын

@reshi p that would make the kid rely on the phone instead of you though. They're supposed to get attached to you, not on an object.

@tgkzo2132

Жыл бұрын

I’ve read that’s it’s better to talk to them with full words, it helps their development. There’s a viral video from about 2 or 3 years ago, I’m writing this on January 27th 2023. Where the dad is having a full convo with his son that’s like 10 months old. The baby talks back to his dad in gibberish , but it’s so cool

Look at how this cute baby just lays their respectfully not harassing her mother thniking " mommy got to do big people stuff now so I'll wait" 😍😍😍😍

the way i'm trying to revise for my midterm exam, but i'm distracted by how cute the baby is

Baby's final weapon when nothing is working...crying😏😭

Great initiative! Hope your child age up well

This baby is so cute😍😍😍

my cat doesnt look at me and my cat ignores me and it made me sad.. i feel this baby

What about the cuts in between? Maybe she spent like 10 minutes on the phone and he just got bored.

That little sneeze 🤧

She is toooo cute xxxx

cute little gumdrop

This is an amazing clip - we'd love to use it in one of our courses on attachment for new parents. Would this be possible? Love to chat to you about this!

wow mum's hair is so dreamy!she could totally be a hair product super model

Everyone think teens are the ones on their phones but I see more adults on their phones. Most teens use phones bc it helps them "escape" per say

I’ve seen people talk about the dangers of parents staring at their phones in front of their babies, but what about parents who literally give their child a phone to poke around while they do something else. Seriously, you shouldn’t give babies phones.

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing. 💙💫✨

Instagram models with kids be like:

0:36- The baby is like, "What's mommy doing?"

What a little cutie 😊

The original video made me cry

such a cute baby :)

This reminds me a niece of my step father. She has a son, and literally he spends all day long in a chair, and no one take care of him. He is just 3 month old

@beatricecallan

2 жыл бұрын

So incredibly sad, poor baby!!

@christineterry7325

2 жыл бұрын

Show him this video. My adopted granddaughter was ignored and now has bad eyesight and has to wear glasses.

My ex developed narcissism due to a sh*tty and chaotic childhood. He was ignored and abandoned a lot as a child, rarely given any love and attention cause he was one of 6 children. He’s now like a broken child trapped in a man’s body 💔 Love your kids, people!

@rosechoix

3 жыл бұрын

Love is not enough

AW HIS LITTLE SNEEZE

The new book "The Power Of Discord" of Ed Tronick and Claudia M. Gold is a must-read. It shows that the sequence of mismatch-and-repair is essential for humans to grow.

Bless you

Heartbreaking. I often consider the difficulty babies experience when their mother is breastfeeding while on their phone.

This explains a lot, it happens all the time these days. I wonder what the effects are gonna look like in 20 years?

QUE MARAVILHA!

So sweet ☺️😍

thank you very interesting

Are his eyes developed enough to see mom's expression when she's backed away on the phone? If he can't, I would assume it does the same to a child as being alone in a crib for 5 minutes. He could've just been bored, not disturbed at mom's breif neglect like older babies. That's another reason why the original experiment uses babies that are old enough have a range of attention-getting behaviors other than just crying. They're also more emotionally developed and have more social expectations. Good attempt, though. It'll be cooler to see when he's older.

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰SUCH A CUTE BABY!!!!!

Lise-Lotte Austad -- Hello, I really like your video. It's inspiring. A clear modernisation of the Still Face experiment. Can I have permission to use this video as a clip in a 40 minute KZread video I've made on the Tronick Effects?

@Liseaus

4 жыл бұрын

lifechariot Hi! Yes, it’s okey 👍🏻

@lifechariot

4 жыл бұрын

@@Liseaus -- Thank you. Here's the video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gX15q6yxf8eTc9I.html

Well i think they should do research on wife face too, when husband on phone.

What a Gorgeous Baby. Can I have him?

:-( Poor kids these days. Everywhere they go, adults distracted on their phones, and they take on the same behavior, using their phones while walking, riding on their bikes, in social gatherings. Poor adults these days.

It is like telling children how life is in childhood only

A digital caring face or robot that responds to a child's behaviours with affection and stimulation would be better than total neglect. Perhaps someone will invent something for orphanages.

Here's an article on childhood emotional neglect that discusses this video: www.donnabevanlee.com/uncategorized/the-hollower-childhood-emotional-neglect-and-its-effects/

@colleencrews9739

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. This is cruel. We've already done this experiment, we don't need mom's uploading neglectful behavior

@JennetPreston

3 жыл бұрын

@@colleencrews9739 Though it's impossible to know what she intended, of course, I assumed this video was social commentary, a warning to parents who pay more attention to their phones than to their children. But you're absolutely right that the experiment is cruel and doesn't need repeating.

very interesting! But keep in mind that this experiment won't be approved by an ethics commission (at least in Germany) and there is a reason for it..

@real2143

2 жыл бұрын

We understand...anyway in Germany and in scandinavia it is common to behave coldly with your child, be super strict/severe with them and give a damn about their needs and wants!

Excellent video. There will be so many emotionally messed up people because of addictive cell phone abuse.

How old is this baby, is it like two months?

Get rid of social media, period. It’s toxic in all aspects of real life and our children do not deserve this.

@triputu

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, social media has ruined society.

This makes me feel really sad.

0:42 /0:43 that baby did the woah

awwwwww omg 🥺

that baby looks like it could be cgi

It's true the moon can't shine without the sun.

The baby wants the phone 😀

You should check out antipsychotic effects on maternal behaviour scientific articles

This is why you should turn the baby the other way when you use your phone. ... ...

Im gonna try this to my cousin's baby

My kinda family 👍

*Дитина - інтерналізатор* *З книжки - Дорослі діти емоційно незрілих батьків*

I swear if I become mother I will never ever use mobile phone instead I use nokia or telephone just for call. Cuz babies needs to learn emotional intelligence from mother first before they learn it from others

As I go for walks so many women I see today are on their phones, not engaged at all with their children....so sad.

Uh, Dad? What's going on here?...

Anyone wonder about why 2-3-4 year old babies want to have that little black box...?

@rosechoix

3 жыл бұрын

Light? Motion? Sound? Joint attention?

Make an experiment: what would happen if I turn off my phone and play with the baby? Hmmmmmm.....

Esto tendrían que verlo todos los padres que viven con el celular en la mano e ignoran a sus hijos (de cualquier edad)

Such a beautiful mummy... until she picked up the shitty phone.

Whoff, its really damaging. Cute kid btw.

I beg your pardon, but to me this is exactly the experiment of mobile interrupting at any time for anything, the construction of living relation, in the precious young age. The parent totally absorbed in the management of his net interaction, HAS a still face, and even he has a SCREEN face, which is distressing, anguishing. We can see this very often nowadays...😰 On top of it, parent eating at MacDo', busy and repetitive at his/her phone and... baby at a baby phone with a movie or any thing; even both parents, and thus 7 very funding interactions missed! 🥺

Face coverings are more harmful than still-face. SAVE THE CHILDREN!

Not the still face experiment

it's not working cause there is another person in the room so the baby is distracted also the mum is supposed to show her full pokerface

Awe I’ll put my phone down more, this is sad