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Fathers influence child language development more than mothers

10-30-2006 · EurekAlert!

In families with two working parents, fathers had greater impact than mothers on their children's language development between ages 2 and 3, according to a study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and UNC's School of Education.

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