Why do babies going through a severe stranger anxiety don’t seem to be bothered by stranger kids? At what age/height/weight/other factors do they internally differentiate between kids and adults?
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It’s mostly a size thing, and certainly varies from baby to baby. Bigger is scarier. We don’t lose it either, if you saw an animal that you’d never seen before that was the size of an elephant come quite close to you you’d very likely have a pit-of-your-stomach physiological scare feeling as well.
Babies also tend to not be afraid of small dogs and cats, but can often be frightened by really big dogs. My neighbour has a Cane Corso that still sometimes freaks out my 11-month-old.
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