Fiona Barry, founder of TalkingTipsForKids.com, provides tips for helping children...

Fiona Barry, founder of TalkingTipsForKids.com, provides tips for helping children develop speech and language skills. Credit: Handout

My two-year-old daughter started talking pretty early on. But just because she could tell me what she wanted didn't always mean we communicated effectively.

It can be frustrating, especially to new parents, when kids are first learning to talk. So I reached out to Fiona Barry, founder of talkingtipsforkids.com who provided tips for helping children develop their speech and language skills. Here are her top five tips:

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