Parental interaction plays a big role.
By Kathy Sena, the LA Times. These days, the amount of talking that goes on in the McCarroll house is about to increase big time. Now an experienced mom, McCarroll is still worries that she could be doing more to help encourage her toddlers' language skills. McCarroll isn't alone in her parental hand-wringing, according to Lise Eliot, assistant professor of cell biology and anatomy at the Chicago Medical School. And if a child's speech isn't all that forthcoming, we begin nervously reading up on language delays and disorders.