The toddlers whose language
was better, and developed more quickly over time, tended to control the
frustration of waiting better as preschoolers, doing things like playing to
take their minds off of the gift they were waiting for.
Cole advises talking a
lot with toddlers:
“Toddlers, even when they are not speaking or they don’t appear to
understand, may be overhearing things and picking up a lot of
information.”
The study in the journal Child
Development was supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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Last revised: March 13, 2013
