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YOUTH
BBC - Family conversations have deteriorated into a "daily grunt" that
leaves young children unable to talk properly, according to the man in
charge of maintaining educational standards in Britain. Alan Wells
blames television and long working hours and fears that thousands of
families are becoming like the Royle family, the monosyllabic layabouts
in the BBC sitcom, who live in the shadow of the television. He says
that parents should go back to school to relearn how to talk to their
offspring in order to counter a sharp drop in primary school pupils'
linguistic abilities.
Courtesy of UnderNews of 16 Jan. 2K+3