Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

At my town’s public library, one wall of the children’s section displays posters declaring, “Babies need words every day,” encouraging me to sing, talk, and read with my child. On the radio recently, ...

When I pulled out a copy of "The Lost Words," my seven-year-old son stared in amazement. The book is huge, nearly as tall as his torso, and when I opened it up, it spread across both of our laps. He ...

Philadelphia fans start young — sometimes as soon as they can talk. And in this city, it wouldn’t surprise anyone if a ...

At the point that children utter their first words, a complex set of conceptual, social and linguistic mental capacities are at work, Yale researcher Paul Bloom reports in his new book, “How Children ...

As a parent, and someone who pays close attention to social issues around gender, I think it's crucial that we make a conscious choice to arm all of our kids with timeless words that can give them ...

Children's swearing stems from various factors like social learning, emotional needs and media exposure. Parental language significantly influences a child's vocabulary, while peers normalise ...

Parenting experts have written numerous books—countless pages—on best practices for raising children. However, therapists share that simple, one to three-word phrases can make all the difference in a ...