Parent’s role in the Child’s Language Development
FOR INFANTS
1. Be a proactive conversational partner.
2. Parents’ as well as other members of the family should talk if the infant understands what they are saying
3. Family members should use a language style with which the child should feel comfortable.
FOR TODDLERS
1. Continue to be an active, and pleasant conversational partner.
2. Partner should remember to listen.
3. When you are in conversation use a language style with which you feel comfortable.
4. You should consider ways of expanding your child’s language abilities and horizons.
5. Parents’ and other family members should adjust to a child’s idiosyncrasies instead of working against them.
6. One should resist making normative comparisons.
PARENT’S ROLE IN THE CHILD’S LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Following are the guidelines, that parents can facilitate their child’s language development.
FOR INFANTS
1. Be a proactive conversational partner.
2. Parents’ as well as other members of the family should talk as if the infant understands what they are saying
3. Family members should use a language style with which the child should feel comfortable.
FOR TODDLERS
1. Continue to be an active, and in pleasant manner as a conversational partner.
2. Parents should remember to listen.
3. When you are in conversation use a language style with which you feel comfortable.
4. You should consider ways of expanding your child’s language abilities and horizons.
5. Parents and other family members should adjust to a child’s idiosyncrasies* instead of working against them.
6. One should resist making normative comparisons.

*manner of thought particular to an individual