Watch These Cute Videos of Babies (and Learn Something, Too)
U.S.|Watch These Cute Videos of Babies (and Learn Something, Too) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/us/dan-wuori-child-development-videos.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. A social media account features smiley toddlers, while also offering positive lessons about child development. Screenshots from Instagram and […]
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U.S.|Watch These Cute Videos of Babies (and Learn Something, Too)
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A social media account features smiley toddlers, while also offering positive lessons about child development.
Is it possible that on X — the social media site formerly known as Twitter and sometimes called “the hell site” — there remains a font of delight and edification, a place to witness laughter and even love?
The answer, believe it or not, is yes. It is the account of Dan Wuori, an education policy consultant, who posts videos of babies and toddlers figuring out the world, often with parents as loving coaches. Mr. Wuori provides the color commentary, explaining key concepts in child development.
His feed is educational, but also, simply put — “awwwww.”
In one clip, a father is celebrated for taking an extra 30 seconds to narrate an everyday routine, showing his infant daughter several possible outfits. “Listen to the way he describes each,” Mr. Wuori points out. “To all the extra vocabulary he exposes her to. And to the warm and happy tone he uses as she looks on adoringly.”
A+ Dad!
Earlier this week I wrote about the importance of “agency” – or allowing children to make choices for themselves.
Today, along comes this fantastic example.
What I love about this dad is that he’s laying the groundwork for this very thing – even before his daughter… pic.twitter.com/GrHVZrJqQV
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori) March 3, 2024
Instagram video via nikkiverabrown.
Even as many users have walked away from X, Mr. Wuori’s account has grown over the past year, from 20,000 to 145,000 followers.
“To say that it snowballed once I started really focusing on the videos is a bit of an understatement,” he said in an interview, from his home in South Carolina.
