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Parenting insights from the crib

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Being a first-time parent is terrifying.

Something about the initiation into parenthood causes intelligent adults to disconnect from their brains. People with doctorates and otherwise confident adults are reduced to quivering pools of nerves as soon as they take their first child home from the hospital.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 23, 2021, with the headline Parenting insights from the crib. Subscribe