Since the pandemic, more children have been starting school without being "school-ready." In 2022–23, 33% of all children starting reception in England did not have the skills needed for success in ...

Some toddlers are little chatterboxes, and some are shy and barely speak at all. New research suggests that shy kids understand what is being said to them, but choose to clam up when it comes to ...

Children acquire language at an astounding speed: most produce their first word around their first birthday, and by 30 months of age, some can say as many as 600 words. Unfortunately, this is not the ...

(Medical Xpress)—Boys are at greater risk for delayed language development than girls, according to a new study using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. The researchers also found ...