Comment on Wonder No More! Language in Action — by thirdhandart

My grandson, Peanut, turned two years old in July of 2011. Peanut isn’t talking in long sentences yet, but he says a few words here and there. In any case, the pediatrician recommended that Peanut see a speech therapist.
So, the speech therapist has been coming to our house and working with Peanut, once a week, for about a month now. The speech therapist can get Peanut to talk, whereas I can’t (I’m his pushover grandma who can’t make him do anything).
When I was a child, growing up in the late 1950′s and early 1960′s, it was often said that children should be seen and not heard. Thank goodness that way of thinking is changing.