Ming from Agents of Speech explains why language milestone charts can mislead parents. Standards vary widely across countries, and what counts as a delay in Singapore might be normal in the US. Focus on what your child does at home and simple techniques like following their lead before worrying about therapy.
Let's talk about the milestones and why it's actually a little bit dangerous. The thing is, milestones can go all the way up here with very high expectations or very down low here. A year ago there was drama with the CDC in America where the language milestones were lowballed. A lot of people were like, oh, it's permissible, we don't need a therapist. But at the same time there are other countries that have their standards a lot higher. Like Asian countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong have a slightly higher standard for that. And that's because there are cultural differences. If you are currently thinking about looking at milestones, I want you to take it with a grain of salt. The reason why is because if you just look at it at a face value and without the context your child is in right now, it's very difficult for you to have good judgment about it. So below 2 look at language facilitation techniques I can do at home. A good resource is the hand and center at this point in time is pretty much common knowledge about what and how to follow child's lead and so on.
