I was always pretty cooperative growing up, but the one order I rarely followed was “don’t cry.” Even as a little kid, I knew I got too much out of crying to give it up. Tears were my way of getting ...

Many parents are unprepared for how intense newborn crying can become in the first few months of life. The Period of PURPLE Crying describes a normal developmental phase when babies cry more ...

The purpose of this study was to relate acoustic characteristics of the cry to medical and neurological status in preterm infants. The sample included 40 infants divided into 4 groups, a group of term ...

The phrase “a good cry” dates back to at least the mid-1800s while the phrase “cry it out” dates as far back as the mid-1600s. Both phrases suggest in our lay language that crying can relieve some ...