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Study Finds Water Is Wet, Sky Is Blue, and Parents Know Their Own Children – Scientists Baffled

After decades of ignoring mum’s instincts, medicine finally catches up with something every sleep-deprived parent already knew between Calpol doses and Peppa Pig reruns.

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Chris Geiger
Jun 12, 2025
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Last week I made the catastrophic mistake of switching on the news before coffee. And there it was, smugly scrolling across the screen like it had just discovered gravity: “Doctors should trust parents’ gut instincts about their children.”

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