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I would suggest let the child grow up a little. when I read some of the achievements of kids who are 17 months (that is how old my kid is); I say to my self but my baby can't even figure our he should not bend down near the bed or he will hit him self. then i just stop reading, kids learn at their own pace!
Do play with him. Put up a colorful poster or ...
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Whatever the language, repetition is the key. If you want to have him understand Russian and English equally well, then you need to speak them with approximately equal frequency. Rather than just focusing on one word ("cat", "dog", "hello") at a time, use full sentences ("Come over here", "Sit down", "Let's eat a snack"). You can try telling him something ...
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It's only me in the house. I have to teach him 2 languages.
Actually, you don't "have to".
In India, people in northern states speak Hindi at home. Not all Indians are fluent in English yet their toddlers know the meanings of English words like cat/watch etc.
The reason is the "playschool". Here the people usually send their children to formal ...
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I read somewhere (*) that screen time (including TV, video games, smartphones, tablets ...) should be limited to 1 hour/week/year of the kid (so 3h/week for a 3 years old).
According to several links on the internet, it is considered a bad idea for the kid's helath to start watching TV or before 2.
From my personal experience, we started showing very short ...
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This is the "forbidden experiment"-- linguist wish they new more about this because it has implications for other questions. But doing this to children is barbaric child abuse. So we wait for natural experiments to arise. The best documented ones are the ones Beofett covered, so I won't repeat that part.
The cases of feral children and children locked up ...
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No, a child will not teach themselves to develop a new "language" to express themselves, at least not by any generally accepted definition of the term "language".
Language is a complex tool used by multiple people or a community. A single child who is never exposed to verbal language does not make up their own... what would be the point if no one ...
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Every child is different and has different needs. Ditto that of parents.
My son did not like being left in his crib, and would cry and fuss if he was in it and not ready to sleep. He needed socialization quite desperately so even when he had to be penned up we kept him near someone.
My daughter, who was born when my son was nearly 2, is more introverted, ...
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The real worry for me would be the television. The American Academy of Pediatrics states that "young children learn best by interacting with people, not screens" -- meaning toddlers should be around people. Putting a toddler in an enclosed space (crib, playpen, baby-fenced-off room) isn't harmful per se, and I often will put my toddler in his playpen while ...
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I pretty much agree with everyone elses answer (screen at the youngest ages is a waste of valuable awake time) I read the well research "Screen Time" expecting the conventional message and found a balanced conclusion that TV that is age inappropriate is really bad, but TV that is age appropriate is at least not bad.
At the youngest ages, pretty much only ...
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I realize this is highly subjective and only a single anecdote regarding language skills but...
We let both our children watch animated movies from a rather early age while a friend of ours was very strict with limiting their kids' screen time. We regularly gets comments on how well our children are developed verbally while our friends kids can barely be ...
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