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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emphasizing the sounds of certain words to young children can help them retain language, not confuse them about speaking properly.

A collection of films and articles all about the science behind your baby's early development and language learning.

A recent study published in the journal Infancy found that babies’ ability to match speech to faces predicted their future language abilities. The study followed 103 children from age three months to ...

Experts say parentese strengthens babies’ speech, bonding and language development Many parents have heard the warning: do not use baby talk with babies and toddlers. Caregivers are often encouraged ...

What are developmental milestones? Are they something parents should pay attention to? What can you expect in the first year.

Parents have been singing lullabies to their children for thousands of years, but emerging research suggests that music does far more than simply calm a restless infant. Dutch scientists have ...

The world changed for all of us when we were suddenly plunged into a pandemic in 2020. COVID sent us into a series of lockdowns in a bid to control the spread of the virus until a vaccine could be ...

A study involving RCSI researchers has found that a small proportion of babies born early in the COVID-19 pandemic had gaps in their communication skills at age two and could benefit from additional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emphasizing the sounds of certain words to young children can help them retain language, not ...