For children, embrace the average
Friday, July 3, 2009 - 17:28
in Psychology & Sociology
A 'normal' kid used to be, well, normal. But now a lot of parents, sadly, don't think that's good enough. When my son's preschool teachers recommended that we send him to speech therapy, I can't say that my husband and I were completely surprised. Clay wasn't entirely easy to understand; his "r" sounded like a "w," his "th" was indistinguishable from an "s,"...
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