Father picks up 7-month-old Nathan, tosses him into the air, and then throws his head back so that he and Nathan are face to face. As Nathan giggles and chortles, father lowers him, shakes him, and tosses him up in the air again.
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Power, T.G., Parke, R.D. (1982). Play as a Context for Early Learning. In: Laosa, L.M., Sigel, I.E. (eds) Families as Learning Environments for Children. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4172-7_5
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