rampartsblueglare t1_iz48orl wrote on December 6, 2022 at 10:29 AM

Reply to comment by garbage-pale-kid in Baby girls babble their way to bigger vocabularies sooner than baby boys, but it’s not because parents talk to them more, instead parents appear to talk more to young children who themselves are already talking, regardless of their gende by giuliomagnifico

It is interesting to me as a parent and teacher that boys trend behind in grades and reading ability and college admittance but trend higher on the payscales. Probably a bit of practicality and a bit of societal influence imo

rampartsblueglare t1_iubpzip wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:38 AM

Reply to comment by mercurysnowman in LPT Request: how to deal with an emotionally draining friend I have to see on a daily basis by mercurysnowman

Was in this situation last year and one day I asked the lady where our 3rd coworker was, always late 5 minutes before start. She told me that lady had kids and had to get them to school. And I said hmm thats convenient me too. So I began coming 5 minutes late like lady #3 and the complainer had to go talk to someone else in the building and not me. Stopped working for free and stopped listening to mayhem. I'd avoid energy vampires if at all possible

rampartsblueglare t1_irp9rn2 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 12:09 AM

Reply to comment by cheesyshop in How the mother's mood influences her baby's ability to speak. Scientists found even children whose mothers suffer from mild depressive mood that do not yet require medical treatment show early signs of delayed language development. by Wagamaga

Definitely had ppd just as covid lockdown began where I live. I think I'm educated enough on early child development and have enough resources and financial ability to have accomplished the opposite of this study. We did sign language and books from the start, despite ppd and global crisis. It's equal to feedings in families that have the resources. I don't think everyone has the same understanding or luxuries. Every skill a child has takes so many weeks or months of preparation and incremental steps before mastery. We need to do a better job in the USA with teaching parents how to support literacy and numeracy skills from age 0-5, simple behavioral support, and maybe just do a better job with infant and toddler care overall.