MIT Research titled How You Talk To Your Child Changes Their Brain.

Those of you who know me well know I love research.  Here is a FANTASTIC article about MIT's current research on child language acquisition.  It turns out that back and forth conversation with your child does more to increase language skills than using flashcards or electronic games. 

My two favorite takeaways:  

“The really novel thing about our paper is that it provides the first evidence that family conversation at home is associated with brain development in children. It’s almost magical how parental conversation appears to influence the biological growth of the brain,” says John Gabrieli, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT and the senior author of the study.

AND.....

"Babies tend to learn by watching and copying the adults they are most attached to, which is why singing and cuddling are much more effective than high-tech educational tools when it comes to development. "

Here is the link:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/how-you-talk-to-your-child-changes-their-brain/