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12:30 AM

@anongoodnurse what about the "listening to Mozart makes children smarter" claim? I am a composer and, having studied different genres, many forms of music are quite complex so I was curious why classical music as a genre was singled out in this rumor.

anongoodnurse

12:49 AM

@StanShunpike Hmmm...that deserves a question of it's own on the main site! ;-)

michaelpri

1:09 AM

@anongoodnurse Hey :) I had a question about your scope. I'm only 14 (as you know), but I had a hypothetical question that isn't a problem to me right now, though it may be for actual parents. Am I still allowed to ask it here?

anongoodnurse

@michaelpri My scope?

michaelpri

Here on Parenting

anongoodnurse

Oh, no. Yes, asking as a child is allowed on parenting.

! sorry!

michaelpri

Ok thanks :) I'm about to post then

anongoodnurse

I forgot I was still here. :-) Good!

michaelpri

1:25 AM

Q: How to tell a child to stop playing a sport?

My child's a teenager who loves to play sports. He plays football in the fall, basketball in the winter, and baseball in the spring/summer. He is a very good baseball and basketball player, but he's not very good at football, mostly because he is not very big. He still loves to play it though. He...

@anongoodnurse Done :)

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Stan Shunpike

2:50 AM

Q: Does playing classical music for infants and young children make them smarter?

I read pop neuroscience books as well as science sections on news sites (e.g. BBC, NY Times) and one of the claims I remember reading was that supposedly listening to Mozart music made infants smarter. Google searches turned up articles as early as 2007 so the idea has been in circulation for a w...