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 

Scientific understanding of speech problems in children has grown by leaps and bounds in recent decades. But like much of academic understanding, it has yet to translate into everyday knowledge. Incorrect beliefs about speech disorders still hold strong. The fact 

During their first year, babies’ brains are programmed to learn language. They absorb it naturally and quickly – just like a bird learns to fly or a fish, to swim. In fact, speech and language development begins in utero, as early as 

Between 2003 and 2010, English education in India saw a surge of new students, as the number of children enrolled in English-medium schools from Grades I to VIII increased by 274%, according to data from the National University of Education, 

In my 10 years of practicing speech therapy, I have interacted with hundreds, if not thousands of parents. All of them are different: some are concerned; some are confused; some feel helpless; some feel frustrated. At the same time, they 

“Yenna acchu kanna?” (What happened, sweetheart?) I ask my son lovingly in Tamil, as he starts to cry while watching an ad on TV. “Amma, paani kulle puppy!” (Puppy inside the water!) he explains, combining words from three of the four 

Parents are all-too familiar with the competitive undertone of milestone stories. “She was reading at 3!” is subtly countered by, “He was walking at 1!” While parents may differ in how they choose to celebrate these milestones, what is universally true is