Gender Differences
I was reviewing some research today and came across an interesting study. This study by Infoture, Inc. reported that mothers of girls tended to talk more with their daughters than mothers of boys talked with theirs sons. Up to age 30 months, mothers conversed with their daughters 12.2 percent more than mothers talked with their sons.
That’s an interesting statistic to me. It makes me wonder, “What is the reason for this?” Do we just naturally assume girls are more verbal than boys or are more interested in communication, even when they are babies? And based on that presupposition, do mommies just talk more to their daughters than their sons?
Well, whatever the case may be, the bottom line for me is to talk a lot to your daughter or your son. Studies have shown a strong correlation between the volume of talk a baby or toddler hears from birth to age three and their language and cognitive skills. In other words, the more talking they hear and conversational turns they participate in, the better their language and cognitive skills are…
Bottom line again: Get baby-talking!
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