Language acquisition takes time, a long time, because all learning needs time to digest and make ours what we experience around us; it cannot be rushed. Many caregivers want to see 'results', and in double-time, according to adult expectations, and then worry that 'nothing is happening'. Give yourself some time too: children learn language through natural interaction with caring people in everyday settings. The rule here is 'the more, the better': interact with your children in as many different, engaging, fun situations as possible, so that they realize that language permeates all that we do in all sorts of different ways. Give your children also plenty of time to 'do nothing': let them play around doing nothing in particular, wonder on their own about intriguing things like what the moon eats or why dogs don't wear clothes, or throw serious tantrums to learn how to cope with other people and themselves, and do all this by means of language. It is important to keep in mind that, as the child learns and acquires more and more language, each step in the process becomes less and less visible, to adults as well as to the child. The same is true of adult language learning: it may sometimes seem, to adult learners, that they are progressing very slowly or not at all; at some point they may suddenly realize that they have indeed made progress.