It’s the moment that every parent waits for...when your cooing and babbling babe can finally (finally!) communicate with you. Not only is it adorable to hear those first words, but it also means that ...

Shurand Adams' daughter Teshyia just started kindergarten, but the 5-year-old already is learning to read independently and "picking things up quickly," her mom says. Adams, 27, of Calumet City, Ill., ...

Toddlers develop speech at their own pace, and while there are general guidelines to follow, each child will progress differently. When it comes to toddlers and their speech development, parents are ...

If you talk with your toddler, it may make them smarter later in life. In fact, they could have a higher IQ score. Researchers studied children between 18 months and 2 years of age. The children ...

Melanie Soderstrom is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Michael C.

WASHINGTON – It’s called the “word spurt,” that magical time when a toddler’s vocabulary explodes, seemingly overnight. New research offers a decidedly un-magical explanation: Babies start really ...

A toddler’s first years are paved with milestones — the first smile, the first step and perhaps most importantly, the first word — all indicators of how well an infant is developing. But the latest ...