Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
I know, I know – you’re thinking that your toddler never, ever stops talking, so you’re already chatting them up all day and night, right? Well, if that’s the truth, it turns out that you’re doing them a great service by engaging and answering their endless (and I do mean endless) questions about the world around them.
But head’s up: the study showed the benefits came from holding actual conversations with your toddler, not merely speaking to them.
The study, published in the journal for the American Academy of Pediatrics, was run by Jill Gilkerson. She and her team studied kids between the ages of 18 months and 2 years for six months, then brought them back to test their IQs and language skills when they were between the ages of 9-14. Gilkerson spoke with the…
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