On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 Kathy PArkes wrote:

After the show aired here in the US, I wrote to him [Dr Phil] asking for the research 
to back up his statement on crying being good for the lungs, and sharing the 
research on crying and increased cortisol levels in infants and children.  I 
never got an answer from Dr. Phil or his staff.
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No surprise, that!  They could hardly reference it as what it is, *Old Wives Tale*.  Definitely not evidence-based, and stuff in print would be *opinions* in advice columns and maybe some old books.  Perhaps this would be a time for a US-based writer among Lactnetters to write an article on crying in infants, citing the evidence and interviewing people who really know this subject.

Virginia
in sunny Brisbane, back on Lactnet for a few days




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