Fathers Vital to Child Language Development in Dual-Income Homes
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A new study shows that in families with two working parents, fathers play a greater role in child language development than do mothers.
Researchers videotaped couples interacting with their two-year-old children. Returning a year later, they found that where fathers exhibited a more complex vocabulary, children showed greater language abilities. Mothers, however, did not appear to affect child language skills. ABSTRACT: Mother and father language input to young children: Contributions to later language development SHARE:
Posted In: Learning and Learning Disorders | Tags: Mothers | Vocabulary | Parents | Fathers | Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff on November 02, 2006 at 03:17 AM | Permalink |
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