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Serve and return

This video, developed by the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, explains serve and return exchanges.

This video discusses the importance of interactions between the parent and infant that are characterised by a ‘serve and return’ pattern in which the baby might initiate an interaction with the parent, and the parent then responds to this initiative. This video depicts why this serve and return pattern is important in terms of the infant’s rapidly developing brain.

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

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