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Dr. Leora Mogilner: “Pediatrics Group to Recommend Reading Aloud to Children from Birth”​

  • The New York Times
  • New York, NY
  • (June 24, 2014)

In between dispensing advice on breast-feeding and immunizations, doctors will tell parents to read aloud to their infants from birth, under a new policy that the American Academy of Pediatrics will announce on Tuesday. Leora Mogilner, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Mount Sinai Hospital, gave a book to Kaylee Smith, 9 months, and guidance to her mother, Tameka Griffiths, 33. Dr. Mogilner’s picture accompanied the article on the front page of The New York Times’ ‘National’ section. Learn more