A University Of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) study revealed that “well-off” parents talk to their school-age children for three more hours each week than low-income parents. They also put their toddlers and babies in stimulating places such as parks and churches for hour and a half more hours. A University of Chicago study echoed this […]
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We know the classic line from Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver… “Are you talkin’ to me?” What might be less well known (or understood) are the following facts extracted from a 1995 study at the University of Kansas: Children in professional familiies heard on average 2,100 words per hour Working class kids heard 1,200 […]
