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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised your kids that age are noticing and verbalizing that.  My son had a really significant speech delay, but in the preschool age range it just wasn't a problem when playing with other kids.  Try doing something physical - bikes/trikes, playground, etc. [/quote]

My daughter is 3.5 and has a friend with a significant speech delay.  She has noticed it for a year or more.  She never asked me about it until this summer, but she used to change her own speech pattern when we were hanging out with her friend, to make her vocalizations sound more like her friend's.  At 3.5, she asked why her friend doesn't talk and said it "hurts her feelings" (which isn't exactly what she means -- I'm guessing she means she feels awkward).  Anyway, I don't think it's strange that OP's kids notice.[/quote]

Thank you for this comment! The kids are certainly physical...I’m not asking them to sit down and play a board game? 
The child is generally silent while we are there. It’s not like she’s talking but they don’t understand. She is silent. So I think they have a hard time navigating that. They are kids, ya know? [/quote]

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