Children whose fathers are depressed have smaller vocabularies than those who do not

[Francis Hult]

BBC News

 

Depressed fathers 'hit learning' 

 

Children whose fathers are depressed have smaller vocabularies than those who do not, a US study suggests. 

 

But the Eastern Virginia Medical School study of 5,000 families found language development in children whose mothers had similar symptoms seemed unaffected. 

 

Researchers said by the age of two, children with depressed fathers used 1.5 fewer words than the average of 29. 

 

This could be because depressed fathers spent less time reading to their children, they wrote in New Scientist. 

 

Full story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7388367.stm

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