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Journalist Paul Raeburn is the author of the soon to be published Are Fathers Necessary: The New Science of Fatherhood. He is also the author of the Fathers and Families blog. See full bio
February 13, 2009, Child Development

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Gestures tied to vocabulary gap between rich kids and poor

By Paul Raeburn on February 13, 2009 in About Fathers

Children who make broader use of gestures to communicate at 14 months of age have larger vocabularies when they are 4-1/2 years old and ready to start school, according to a study released today in the journal Science.

The finding might help explain why rich kids have larger vocabularies than poor children.

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