Jean-François Bureau
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Well, there's nothing wrong looking at how parents are able to comfort a crying baby, but that's not the end of the story, right?
That's not the only thing you want to do as a parent, saying, oh, I'm waiting for my child to cry so I can comfort and show what a good parent I am.
It's also enjoying your time with the child and sending a very strong message that you enjoy just being with them, interacting with them and being playful, right?
So that is tremendously important and it has been understudied.
Well, we know laughter is really important, right?
It's important in human.
Chimps laugh with their parents.
Their parents are tickling them.
Rats.
Rats laugh.
Really?
Yeah.
Yeah.
If you tickle a rat, it will have this micro sound.
So they laugh.
So it's part of all the mammal species that there's a connection.
I am enjoying being with you.
Of course, I'm talking about the kind of laugh where you enjoy being with someone, not being sarcastic, right?
So there's a bonding.
There is love.