Eye contact plays an important role in establishing emotional connections, along with positivity and empathy. For infants and young children, maintaining eye contact helps focus their attention. They get to understand language signs, like facial expressions and gestures.

This should be taken care of since infants, as the absence of eye contact might be a sign of autism. Responding to children with eye contact makes them feel confident. It develops their communication skills. Infants and toddlers need to be interacted with or responded to by gestures or words, along with eye contact. It strengthens the brain of the child. It also tends to develop their social and communication skills.