I skimmed this quickly. The reasons being obvious, screen time and children not being read to/reading outside of school.
I am wondering, had there been an uptick in one children families? How many children in the study have older siblings or strong family structures (ie extending family around often).
I’ve seen it first hand, only children or eldest children can be delayed, while children with older siblings can pick up skills like speech and potty training more quickly because they see the behavior already modeled by an older sibling.
My family/cousins, we all were multiples, 3 kids or more for the most part, and now, ad parents, my sister and cousins, most of us only have one kid.
Absolutely, not enough children today are reading/being read to in home, but I wonder.
Probably the same kids who are underdeveloped in speech.
I skimmed this quickly. The reasons being obvious, screen time and children not being read to/reading outside of school.
I am wondering, had there been an uptick in one children families? How many children in the study have older siblings or strong family structures (ie extending family around often).
I’ve seen it first hand, only children or eldest children can be delayed, while children with older siblings can pick up skills like speech and potty training more quickly because they see the behavior already modeled by an older sibling.
My family/cousins, we all were multiples, 3 kids or more for the most part, and now, ad parents, my sister and cousins, most of us only have one kid.
Absolutely, not enough children today are reading/being read to in home, but I wonder.
Good question. It may also be there’s a greater gap between kids than would allow that to happen.