Late Talkers’ Social Problems Don’t Last

Children who have delays in talking at age 2 don’t have an increased risk of social problems later on, a study finds. The study included more than 1,600 children. Their caregivers were asked to fill out surveys about the children. They answered the surveys when the children were 2 and every few years afterward. The surveys showed that 142 children had delays in learning to talk at age 2. These children were more likely to have problems with emotions and behavior than other kids at that time. But they did not have more problems than other kids later on. The journal Pediatrics published the study online July 4. HealthDay News wrote about it.