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 words per hour
- Welfare kids heard a paltyr 600 words per hour
By the age of three, a doctor’s or lawyer’s child has probably heard 30 million more words than a poo child has.
SHOCKING.
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