It's Freudian, pumpkin.

Not addressing language development issues early could reduce opportunities and continue the cycle of poverty.

The term is the brainchild of the feminist, communist, and civil rights movements of the 60s.

People who speak more than one language fluently seem to have all languages active at all times, whether they are consciously being used or not.

Sexism is an ideology to adopt; misogyny is a behavior to embrace when that ideology is threatened.

Think before you speak.

That's not even a decent pen drive, but it's bigger than you think.

Conversely, less babbling may indicate learning disabilities.

You can delay your kid's Mandarin lessons another few years.

Boys don't just 'talk later.'

We all know the importance of building children’s vocabulary, thanks to a landmark 1995 study which found that children from higher-income families hear about 30 million more words during their first three years of life than children from lower-income families. This 

For children in preschool, speaking two languages may be better than one, especially for developing the skill of inhibitory control, that is, the impulse control necessary to stop a hasty, reflexive response and instead select a more considered, adaptive response. 

Teens aren’t the only ones who sleep in order to learn. A new study by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS), has found that sleep accelerates a baby’s language development, allowing children 

Early this year, it was widely reported that one of the most important early literacy skills in kids isn’t about reading at all, but about spelling words — and not even correct spelling of words. The study, published in Developmental Psychology, 

It’s official: While still in utero, babies are preparing for the moment when they can sass back. A new study found fetuses at eight months have differing physical responses to different languages — evidence that language development starts in the 

From the time of birth, children communicate with parents, with the world. From crying, babbling, repeating certain sounds, words and phrases to simple sentences and then more complex ones, children are continuously learning to speak. But if you, or siblings, interrupt 

“Prejudice is the child of ignorance,” wrote the British humanist William Hazlitt. But children are not ignorant of prejudice. A new study suggests that children as young as 2 can pick up stereotypes from abstract language, suggesting the origins of 

That adorable little pudgster might be slowly lisping her first babble, but her brain is moving faster than a photon on cocaine: Every word you say is being absorbed and processed, and will form the foundation of her vocabulary. So, ditch