Importance of Object Permanence for Toddlers

Published: March 15, 2022, 11:55 a.m.

The term "out of sight, out of mind" isn't just a pleasant idiom for babies; it's literally true. This is because they haven't established object permanence, which means that if a newborn can't see an object, it doesn't exist. So life is pretty exciting for kids before they learn object permanence since a parent's capacity to hide things and make them reappear is virtually a god-like power.