Parents and Language Development in Children

The acquisition of language is one of the great achievements of the child who goes from emitting incomprehensible sounds to having a perfectly developed language, without any established method but as a natural process. In this development , parents are the models and teachers who teach children to speak, especially during the first years of life when they are like sponges. In the stimulation of speech, the role of the mother is essential , since she constantly speaks to the child from birth. When you are with him, when you change his diaper, at mealtime, in the bathroom, on a walk... With this, the child will learn little by little without realizing it, since his mother will repeatedly name things by his name, he will imitate his sounds and that will stimulate the baby. In addition, if we accompany many of the words with gestures , this will help the child to memorize better. For this reason, the type of language, the tone and the attitude of the parents when they address their child is important. The richer the conversations with babies, with children and between parents, the greater the stimulus in learning to speak.