Although many parents view baby walkers (0) AS helpful tools, growing evidence suggests they might actually hinder a child's natural development. Recent studies are shedding light on how important visual feedback is for mastering early motor skills. Now, experts in child development are finding similar evidence that babies 1 need to be able to see how their body is positioned and how their limbs are moving 2 order to reach their motor milestones. This means that the part 3 the brain that coordinates muscle movements for activities such as walking and crawling will 4 mature if it receives the necessary visual feedback. Knowing 5, researchers have recently published a study that hypothesized that infant walkers, 6 their inherent design, prevent a baby 7 seeing its legs 8 impeding motor skills development.