More than 20 years ago,psychologists Betty Hart and Todd Risley discovered what they called the “30 million word gap.” Through familyvisits, they estimated that children under 4 from lower-income families heard a staggering 30 million fewer words than children from higher-income families. That study was embraced by Hillary Clinton and it spurred a White House […]The post Why talking — and listening — to your child could be key to brain development appeared first on The Hechinger Report.
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