16 Oct 2025

Parenting: when toddlers aren't talking yet

From Nine To Noon, 11:25 am on 16 October 2025
[England] Two adults and a baby boy holding hands in a polytunnel at a fruit farm. (Photo by Mint Images / Mint Images / Mint Images via AFP)

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Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright talks to Kathryn about what typical language development in pre-schoolers looks like, when parents should be concerned, and what they can do to help.

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