Parents are Urged to Read to Babies by US Doctors

In the age of screens and smartphones, language skills can be boosted in children by reading to them right from infancy, a leading group of US doctors urged parents on Tuesday. Pediatricians have long encouraged reading to children, but the guidelines are the first official policy from the American Academy of Pediatrics telling doctors to talk to parents about daily reading to their children, from the first year of life until kindergarten. It also calls ...