Parents learn, babies talk: How Coaching moms and dads Leads to Better Language Skills among Infants

When it comes to helping infants learn to talk, it’s not just how much parents say, but how they say it.  Speaking directly to the baby with a style of speech known as “parentese” — talking slowly and clearly, often with exaggerated vowels and intonation — appears to improve infant language development. A new study from the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) shows that parents who learn how and why to speak parentese can have a direct impact on their children’s vocabulary.