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fran said:IMHO, they should not just discount off-hand what Cassidy may have said. Although she's legally just an infant, some two year olds are much more astute than others.
I've raised six children. One of them, the middle daughter, was talking in full sentences, knew her alphabet inside and out, and was beginning to read words by her 2nd birthday. She could also write them.
She didn't just talk in sentences with no meaning either. We were at my inlaws and when my FIL brought out some ice cream, she told him it looked expensive. LOL, she was used to the 'store brand.'
If Cassidy is this type of child, they really should listen to what she says. Of course, I guess that's up to the courts, but they shouldn't dismiss her statements as the utterances of a baby.
JMHO
fran
I agree completely that some children are able to communicate at a very young age. When my granddaughter was barely 4 she sat beside me with a book and just started talking away. Being an a-typical grandparent, I was only half paying attention to her but when I clued in, I realized that she was reading fluently from the book. I immediately reprimanded my daughter for teaching her daughter to read at such a young age, but my daughter was innocent. Her daughter had taught herself to read. I always thought stories like that were a bit of a myth until I saw it for myself. Girls tend to be like this more than boys ... that is, more developed in language at a young age. Given how Cassidy was chatting away on the 911 tape, I think we all are pretty much in agreement that Cassidy is one of those children that was strong in language even at the tender age of 2.5 years. Sadly, a traumatic event like she has experienced can interupt the development of children on all levels.