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will develop,’” she says. “It’s rather that

language is a communication process,

and the child needs to learn when it’s

their turn.”

Romeo says that “there’s been a lot of

dissemination of research in the last cou-

ple of decades saying that children need

to hear X amount of words a day. [It]

creates sort of this phenomenon where

parents are monologuing to their chil-

dren and just saying words just to get

them in—almost like there’s a quota.”

Golinkoff notes that it’s also important

to realize that ambient sounds from the

TV or radio, like conversations that do

not involve the child in turn-taking, may

have little impact on the learning abili-

ties of children.

Romeo’s advice: “Instead of talking

to your children, really try and talk with

them; let them respond,” she says. “Have

an exchange of information rather than

just a one-sided discussion.”

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BEING HEARD: The degree of turn-taking in

conversation with adults, not the volume of words,

drives the development of children’s language

skills, a new study suggests.