Why the child does not speak

Immediately stress: if your child refuses to speak at the age of three, then from today's point of view of the World Health Organization, this is not considered a pathology or a deviation in development. Moreover, the more time passes, the more facts appear that indicate that just early development inflicts far more harm on children than good.

The main reason for this phenomenon, such as the child's refusal to talk in infancy, is the perception of information in different languages. Very often this is observed in mixed families where parents or close relatives speak different languages, however, all this is very individual and, sometimes, some children have only to watch a cartoon in a foreign language in order to cause similar consequences.

A case was recorded when the son was brought up in the family of tour guides, who practiced at home conversations in different languages on different days of the week. The child spoke only to four years, and in four languages at the same time. Again, there is no unambiguous position on the usefulness of such teaching methods.

It is necessary to beware of all sorts of charlatans calling for an alarm and going to classes (usually paid) with speech therapists in a similar situation. Most often it will be wasted money, effort and nerves. Your baby will necessarily speak when the time comes and, believe me, there will come a moment when you say "How good it was when he was silent!".

The functions of human speech are the functions of the brain. The pathology of the development of the speech apparatus itself is extremely rare. Do not force the child to speak. Remember that childhood should be happy and carefree, and not like it was yours. Keep nerve cells, they, as you know, are not being restored.

It is not necessary to look back at acquaintances or neighbors who use various now fashionable means of early development, teaching children to count and read at an early age. Apparently, there is a very high probability that such a development intensity will give a lot of side effects in the future. Of the geniuses of mankind, one can count those who were distinguished by early development on the fingers of one hand, but there are many examples of "late maturing".

From the fact that the parents of the child and his grandparents learned to speak at the age of one year should not be anything. Just pay attention to the child, talk to him, tell tales, read books, play exactly until he is tired. Any situations that can cause stress should be avoided in every possible way.

Do not give up foreign trips or visiting excursions with the child, for fear that he will not talk for a long time. Also, in no case should it be protected from joint games with other children, even if they speak a different language. The less you fixate on this far-fetched problem, the better. Do what you must - create conditions for the baby to be happy and smile more often, and everything else will follow.

If your family has people speaking different languages, then follow the simple rule: everyone speaks to the child only in their own language. This will allow your children to master several languages at the same time and speak all of them without an accent. In the future, it will come in handy and they will be grateful to you for this.