Say you were a powerful Government agency which screwed up little children
REALLY screwed them up.
So you need a quick fix. Quick!
Easy! Jigger the numbers!!
For the first time in decades, the CDC has changed many of the recognized milestones for childhood development in terms of speech and cognitive functions. These markers are considered important in terms of recognizing when children aren’t progressing quickly enough, suggesting the potential need to determine if some sort of impairment is being observed and if the child may require greater medical attention. The curious thing about the changes instituted by the CDC is that in a majority of the cases, they have lowered the standards rather than raising them....
One example: children should know 50 words at THIRTY months, rather than TWENTY-FOUR months.
See!! Your kid wasn't cognitively ruined by CDC!! No problem!!!
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