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[quote=Anonymous]Why does whether or not the children wear masks have any bearing on language development for the infant/young toddler crowd? They aren’t wearing masks. The caregivers (those they would watch and emulate in speech development) are the ones in masks. Our daycare doesn’t require masks on children younger than 5, per Virginia policy. Toddlers wearing masks isn’t going to have an impact on early speech development; caregivers wearing masks may be a different story. I’m a PP from early on in this thread who does think there is a minor impact on the language development of my younger DD (19mo) due to the fact that she is surrounded by masked caregivers 8.5 hours a day. Our pediatrician says (anecdotally, of course) that she has seen an uptick in speech issues with this particular age group. I am NOT advocating for my child’s caregivers to be unmasked…far from it. I’m just trying to make myself more aware and trying to compensate more here at home.[/quote]
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