[extropy-chat] Parenting: Late Talkers

[Brent Neal]

 (1/22/04 22:10) Karen Rand Smigrodzki <Karen at smigrodzki.org> wrote:

>My fraternal twin nephews are now 26 months old, and they have yet to talk.
>His mom is a doctor, so kids health checks fine. However, they are worried
>parents. Information I have gathered informs that Einstein didn't talk until
>he was 3 years old and that not talking until one is three is not that
>uncommon. Anyone here have that experience with their kids or themselves?
>


Some kids talk late, it seems. We have close friends whose younger child didn't really start talking until 30 months, and until he was 4, really only spoke in barely-intelligible babble even then. This was a matter of some concern for them, since their elder son spoke his first words early and didn't stop. Ever. The younger son had completely caught up with his peers by age 6. He also demonstrated an above average physical aptitude - my nickname for him was "the monkey," since he was often found climbing anything he could get a grip on. 

I think there is ample evidence that kids develop really differently, both physically and mentally. Although, I think there is also ample evidence that parents develop pretty uniformly, that is to say, nervously. ;)


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