Children in low to middle income families start school 5 months behind
Category: Childcare
Date: 13. December 2011
Children in low to middle income families are already behind their most affluent peers when they start school, because of their upbringing - according to a major new study for the independent think tank, the Resolution Foundation.
The study of over 15,000 five year olds, carried out by child development experts Jane Waldfogel and Elizabeth Washbrook, found that children from low to middle income families were 5 months behind on vocabulary skills when they began school and exhibited more behavioural problems, compared to children in higher income families.
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