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How Conversations can Benefit Kids

February 28, 2023 By Teresa Te

The first skill that a child learns at home is talking or his language skills. This is the basic step that most, if not all, parents take when their baby reaches the toddler stage.

A kid develops his language skills properly if the parents talk to him or her in a straight manner. Baby talk is a no-no.

Research has shown that conversing with a child is more powerful than reading bedtime stories in terms of language development. According to health experts in the U.S., engaging kids in a conversation is six times more effective than reading books to them. While these pediatricians do recommend regularly reading fairy tales and bedtime stories as a way to let kids learn to talk and read, they stress that one-on-one conversation between a parent and his child has a greater impact.
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Originally posted on October 11, 2012 @ 7:00 am

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