It’s science: Mama’s voice wakes up kids way faster than an alarm

Motherly – Elizabeth Tenety

A new study in the The Journal of Pediatrics tested how responsive sleeping children were to different types of smoke alarms: a smoke alarm that made a traditional loud screeching sound, and a smoke alarm that played a recording of that child’s mother’s voice telling the child to “Wake up! Get out of bed! Leave the room!” (more)