Oftentimes it’s the well-meaning, seemingly neutral comments parents make that can fuel a child’s insecurity.
In her upcoming book “The Words That Shape Us,” educator and consultant Lily Howard Scott wants to help curb some of those potentially harmful remarks, especially when it comes to communicating with young kids.
“One misconception that I hear sometimes is [age] zero to five doesn’t really matter — that kids really come online when they can talk to you in a fluent way,” Scott, who was an elementary school teacher for 10 years, says. “What the research reveals is that really nothing could be further from the truth.”
