This article discusses why simple conversation is so important to children’s development—and offers advice for parents on how to start (and keep) conversation flowing.
Why Are So Many (Smart!) Kids Missing This Social Skill?
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Getting Your Child Kindergarten-Ready: 4 Tips for Parents
ASHA expert explains key skills needed for a successful school transition and how parents can help kids build them.
Parents of Young Children: Put Down Your Smartphones
This article shares easy ways parents can help encourage young children’s communication development—and offers advice for creating tech boundaries so smartphones don’t interfere with everyday communication opportunities.
How to Raise Concerns about a Child’s Speech and Language Development: Do’s and Don’ts
This article discusses tips for talking respectfully and productively about a potential communication delay.
Stop, Drop and Talk—The Importance of Talking to Your Child
This blog discusses the signs of speech and language disorders; how parents can foster their children’s language development, and more.
Kids And Screen Time: A Peek At Upcoming Guidance
With most American children spending more time consuming electronic media than they do in school, an expert from the American Academy of Pediatrics discusses upcoming guidance on children’s technology use—and offers some positive parenting practices.
Noise Harder on Children Than Adults, Hinders How They Learn
Noise is more distracting to a child’s brain than an adult’s, and it can hinder how young people learn, according to new research. Experts explain why, and offer tips for parents.
Traditional Toys May Beat Gadgets in Language Development
A new study shows that when babies and parents play with electronic toys, parents speak less and babies vocalize less than when playing with traditional toys like blocks—which may have important implications for language development.
10 Tips to Preserve Your Child’s Hearing During the Holidays
Bells may be ringing, but your kids’ ears shouldn’t be this holiday season! Audiologist Lisa Cannon offers advice for parents.
The Most Powerful Thing We Could Give Poor Kids is Completely Free
This article in The Washington Post discusses the language gap between children from poor and wealthy families—and spotlights the Thirty Million Words initiative.