The moment your baby utters those first magical words is a milestone every parent eagerly awaits. But what happens when those words don’t come on schedule? Or when your toddler’s vocabulary grows at a ...

Claims on social media that mask mandates have triggered an over 350% surge in childhood speech development delays are missing context. The claims stem from the referrals witnessed in one Florida ...

What’s behind a spike in childhood speech development delays across the U.S. Since the COVID pandemic, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of young children who are slow to develop ...

(NEW YORK) — The more time babies spend using iPads and other handheld devices, the more likely they are to have speech delays, according to a new study. The study included nearly 900 children between ...

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CHICAGO — Alexander watches Paw Patrol with fervor, bowls his baby brother over with hugs and does everything with gusto. What the 3-year-old West Chicago toddler can’t do yet is speak more than a few ...

Some toddlers are little chatterboxes, and some are shy and barely speak at all. New research suggests that shy kids understand what is being said to them, but choose to clam up when it comes to ...

“Babies and toddlers are being diagnosed with speech and language delays in greater numbers, part of developmental and academic setbacks for children of all ages after the pandemic. Children born ...

Parents often worry about their child's speech development. Experts clarify normal milestones, noting red flags like no babbling by nine months or two-word phrases by age two. While screen time can ...

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. My son Grayson was about two and a half years old when his preschool teacher called me. A child ...

Worried that your child is “not on track”? That worry is useful and it is what gets us to read, ask and, when needed, act as developmental delays in kids are common and sometimes temporary but early ...