Should you speak more than one language in the house? Do bilingual babies talk later? Speech and language therapist Monal Gajjar talks about bringing up children in bilingual households.

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 ...

Many parents have heard the warning: Don’t use baby talk with babies and toddlers. Instead, caregivers are often encouraged to speak properly and use adultlike language, out of concern that simplified ...

Nearly two million children in the UK are affected by early language delays. New research will examine whether noise in nurseries is a hidden factor. An estimated 1.9 million children across the UK ...

Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of this ...

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.

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 ...