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Boys, girls and individual development

13 min readLast updated September 2026Beginner levelOfficial-source checked

What research on play, language and the brain can tell us.

A side-by-side pair of photographs: a girl kneeling at a toy tea set, and a boy sitting beside rows of toy cars.
Figure 1. Two photographs show children with a tea set and toy vehicles. A photograph captures an activity, not the full range of a child's interests.

What research on play, language and the brain can tell us.

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