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How Imaginative Play Builds Language Skills
A 3-year-old turning a wooden block into a phone and saying "Hello, Granny, I'm at the shops" is doing something cognitively remarkable. They're holdi...
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Emotions
The Role of Speech in Reducing Emotional Tension
"Use your words" is one of the most repeated bits of advice given to parents of toddlers. What gets less attention is the brain science underneath — a...
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Development
Stammering in Young Children: What Is Normal and When to Seek Help
A two-and-a-half-year-old who has been chatting away suddenly starts repeating "c-c-c-can" or getting stuck at the start of every sentence is showing...
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Development
Selective Mutism in Children: Understanding and Supporting a Quiet Child
Selective mutism is frequently misunderstood. Parents find it perplexing that the child who talks constantly at home is silent at nursery. Teachers so...
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Health
Cleft Lip and Palate: What to Expect and How Treatment Works
A cleft lip or palate diagnosis — whether at the 20-week scan or in the delivery room — usually arrives without warning, and parents understandably go...
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