Why Won't My Child Point at Things? Pointing is one of the most developmentally important gestures a toddler makes. Not because it gets them what they want, but because it demonstrates something more fundamental: the desire to share experience with another person. When a toddler points at a dog in the park and looks back at you, they are saying "did you see that?" without words. The absence of this gesture by 12 months is one of the most consistent early indicators reviewed in autism screening r
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