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New Start for Life campaign aims to help parents bond with their babies

Source: PA Archive

Parents are frequently given “outdated” advice on how to raise their children, a new poll suggests.

This includes being told to “limit physical affection” to being told off for “spoiling” their baby with praise or attention.

When asked what old-fashioned advice they had received when their babies were young, some 55% of parents said they were told not to pick up

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