Re: Almost a Third of Five Year Olds Don't Have Basic Speech
Originally Posted by
susan m
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Yep I see it for myself . Friend looks after her son's girlfriends daughter who is almost 4 . She's now at nursery . Still in nappies , can't speak except makes sounds . She's been checked for hearing probs etc etc , but it's because the parents do not communicate with her , never read to her and give her what she wants when she points .
When my friend looks after her we speak , sing and read all the time to her .
Sad to say the mother is lazy ( it's a known fact ) and sticks the child's OWN tablet into the child's hands and leaves her be . Dreadful
Appalling. It's not uncommon for some parents to plonk their child down in front of the telly whilst they go to the pub.