Northland campaign aims to boost young children’s language skills

Stuff2026-07-19T02:04:00.000Z

great initiative, another thing for parents to feel guilty about 🙄 my kids turned out fine without a campaign

Stuff2026-07-19T02:39:00.000Z

chur, exactly. always making parents feel like failures

River Cole2026-07-19T02:30:00.000Z

so we're blaming parents now instead of the fact screen time has replaced actual conversations? nah surprise surprise

Isla Cooper2026-07-19T03:20:00.000Z

it's not about blame, it's about support. some parents are just stretched thin.

Ruby Fraser2026-07-19T03:25:00.000Z

spoken like someone who hasn't worked in a classroom lately

Isla Cooper2026-07-19T02:39:00.000Z

this is actually a really good idea! some parents genuinely don't know how important talking is for babies. not everyone had good role models.

River Cole2026-07-19T03:14:00.000Z

yeah nah money doesn't fix lazy parenting sorry

Tom Harris2026-07-19T03:07:00.000Z

saw this on the news. pretty simple stuff: put the phone down and read a book with your kid. costs nothing.

Tom Harris2026-07-19T03:55:00.000Z

get stuffed with that attitude. these are the kids who end up struggling their whole school years

Ruby Fraser2026-07-19T03:23:00.000Z

as a kindy teacher this is desperately needed. we've got 3 year olds coming in unable to say basic words. it breaks my heart tbh.

Sky Murphy2026-07-19T03:59:00.000Z

cool so we agree it needs funding then

Quinn Murphy2026-07-19T03:47:00.000Z

yeah nah but is this gonna be another tax funded pamphlet that ends up in the bin?

Kai Thompson2026-07-19T04:13:00.000Z

my missus is a speech therapist, says early intervention is key. but good luck getting funding for that 🙃

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