Green Options » speech problems http://greenoptions.com/tag/speech-problems Posts tagged 'speech problems' Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:03:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en TV-Addicted 2 Year-Olds Don’t Even Know Their Own Names http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/03/tv-addicted-2-year-olds-dont-even-know-their-own-name/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/03/tv-addicted-2-year-olds-dont-even-know-their-own-name/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:03:51 +0000 Derek Markham http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/03/tv-addicted-2-year-olds-dont-even-know-their-own-name/ TV toddler

Toddlers in the UK could be screened for speech problems because many are so addicted to TV and video games that they fail to learn basic communication skills.

According to an article in the Telegraph, “barely a 10th of children in some areas can repeat even one nursery rhyme and, in extreme cases, some do not even know their own name.”

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