Start Building Good Habits from Birth, Expert Advises

The Chosun Ilbo · Jun Hyun-suk · 2026-11-06 08:07 UTC

Start Building Good Habits from Birth, Expert Advises Consistent parenting and early routines shape lifelong habits, expert explains

“I am a mother raising a 9-month-old daughter. My husband and I have significant differences in opinion regarding how to raise our child. I believe that to instill good habits in our child, we should guide them even if they cry, while my husband opposes this, arguing that it is emotionally harmful to make a child under one year old cry over habits. What should we do?”

This is a story sent to the Chosun Ilbo YouTube channel *Parenting Tips*. While there is no one-size-fits-all answer to parenting, it often becomes more challenging when mothers and fathers have differing opinions. In this episode of *Parenting Tips*, Cho Ki-hye, Director of the Tteunttun Center at Woori Children’s Hospital’s Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, and announcer Park Eun-young discussed when and how to establish good daily habits in infants.

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