How Do Changing Households Affect Kids' Language Development and Alcohol's Effect on Crime-How Do Changing Households Affect Kids' Language Development

A child's language development is affected by the adults in the home, and households with extended families are more common nowadays. Mandy Maguire, Associate Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing, Director of the Center for Children and Families at the University of Texas at Dallas, says as US demographics have changed, children's language abilities have changed, too.