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Radio 4,27 Jan 2015,28 mins
Prof Tanya Byron on the language parents use to talk to their children
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Psychologist Professor Tanya Byron and Michael Rosen discuss the language parents use to talk to their children. Do parents over-praise, and is it ok to say no? How is the way that parents talk to children changing and what effect might that have? With linguist Dr Laura Wright. Producer Beth O'Dea.
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