A family's socioeconomic status affects more than just their lifestyle, it can also impact the intellectual development of
identified what they call "The 30 Million Word Gap,"
which shows that children in higher income families will hear
approximately 30 million more words than children in families on welfare
by the time they are three years old. The researchers found that these
discrepancies are even visible in children's brain scans. And this gap
doesn't just disappear after age three: hearing additional words so
early in life leads to higher IQs and more academic success later.
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