New technologies, like the digital language processor developed by the LENA Research Foundation, whose work focuses on language problems in young children, can aid in this effort by letting parents receive feedback on the frequency and nature of their verbal interactions with their children. (Think of it as a box score for those interactions.) Providence, R.I., has won a $5 million grant from the Bloomberg Philanthropies for a Providence Talks program to use these kinds of techniques to improve school readiness for low-income children.More on Nudge thingies.
Ultimately we get this robot mom, a talking head posted on the crib like a guillotined queen. When the toddler is let loose from the crib, he can discover that mom really does have legs and arms.
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