Interestingly, they rated puppies as cuter than other babies or kittens. The children could identify baby-like facial characteristics in people, puppies, and kittens. EVEN TODDLERS KNOW THEY’RE CUTE.Ī 2014 study of children as young as 3 years old used baby schema and eye tracking to help understand what babies find most cute. The researchers aren’t quite sure why this is the case, but hypothesize that it may be a way to regulate extreme positive emotions. A 2015 study found that having an intensely positive reaction to pictures of babies was linked to wanting to express aggression in ways like cheek-pinching. Yale University research has found that people tend to feel aggressive when confronted with photos of adorable babies and animals. Scientists have pinpointed specific infant characteristics that we find irresistibly cute (known as baby schema), like a large head, round face, large eyes, and protruding cheeks.

THEY’VE EVOLVED TO BE ADORABLE.īabies are completely dependent on adults for their survival for the first few years of their lives, so they’ve evolved to maximize the amount of attention they get from their parents and other adult humans. IN SOME PLACES, BABIES ARE VERY RARE.Įarlier this year, a baby boy named Pablo became the first child born in Ostano, Italy in almost 30 years. The U.S., however, is more lenient, and will let you name your kid Espn if you really want to. Portugal bans parents from naming their child Nirvana. A French court recently ruled that a couple couldn’t name their child after a brand of delicious chocolate-hazelnut spread. Norway won’t allow you to use a traditional last name as a first name. Many countries prohibit using profanity, numbers, or symbols in children’s names, but some take it even further. Whether you’ve sworn off kids forever or already have several of your own, here are 25 adorable, cheek-pinching facts about babies you may not know: 1.

And even the most experienced parent or childcare provider can still be baffled by one of those amazing, screaming bundles of joy. Babies are aggravatingly cute, but to the uninitiated, they’re basically aliens.

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