There are various reasons why some children are not as talkative as others of the same age. Dougherty discusses that developmental delay, frequent ear infections, family history of speech and language problems, birth order, gender, personality and language stimulation are all risk factors that can have an impact on language acquisition. Some of these risk factors can be genetically or medically based and are hard to control; however, environmental factors can be reduced. For instance, improving how parents communicate with their children can greatly affect how a child talks.

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