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Psychologist says young children's math skills improve when parents frequently talk about numbers

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Research by University of Chicago psychologist Susan Levine shows that children whose parents talk with them more about numbers do better in math than children whose parents talk with them less about numbers. Here Levine discusses her findings.

Credit: National Science Foundation and the University of Chicago

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