Our Response to The New York Times Article: “Traditional Toys May Beat Gadgets in Language Developme
While reading the New York Times article: “Traditional Toys May Beat Gadgets in Language Development”, I consistently nodded my head, as I was in an agreement with the negative critiques formulated towards the recent shift of electronics replacing traditional toys. The trivial noises and sounds performed by electronics substitutes the expression of meaningful verbal utterances spoken by a child’s external environment, specially their parents. As a graduate student of speech-l