Children whose parents encourage them to use gestures acquire smaller vocabularies than babies who are
not encouraged to use gestures.

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This statement is false. Research has shown that children who use gestures in communication actually have larger vocabularies than those who don't. Encouraging children to use gestures has been shown to be helpful in language acquisition.

Children Whose Parents Encourage Them to Use Gestures Acquire Smaller