Walking or Talking? Which Do You Think is Easier For a Child to Do?

Well, I did both of them before I was a year old. I mean, I did not say long sentences but knew the basic words like 'Ma'(mother),'Baba'(father),and a few more.

...Hi sagnik42, I appreciate your taking the time to comment. Since walking is sort of a mechanical thing, once the muscles are strong enough, a child may just take off and walk. It is naturally different from child to child. Talking on the other hand requires some thinking and decision making within the brain to say someting sensible and understandable, which some children do before they even see a classroom. Walking is so much easier between the two, only a personal opinion. Thanks so much.

...Hi sagnik, I think that probably puts you in the smarter than most children category, which you probably went on to prove later in life. Doing both, walking and talking in a year is some kind of a record for a child, I would certainly think. I have no idea how long it took me to do those things, I can't remember anyone ever telling me either. Take good care.

...Hi cream, You have to speak from experience with this, if you have children. I doubt if any of us remember what we did first or if our parents told any of us. So, it is by observing what your children do. Those would be the facts. My thought would be that it would seem that walking would be so much simpler than talking, if your legs and muscles hold you up and you try, you get off your keees andyou waddle away. Talking on the other hand, you can naturally try to repeat words you hear, but putting phrases together to make sense just seems harder to do than walking?? But like yousay different children, different results. Thanks for your reply, take it easy.

...Hi thea, You should write short stories, you are funny. Well that shows how smart as a youngster you and your son were and are. That's cute "bring it to me me, I'll walk when I want". :o) I think it more important to talk early on, as we eventually get up on those two feet and make our way from place to place. But the learning and the talking go hand in hand, I don't think parents would worry too much about a child not walking as one who didn't start to talk. Thanks for the first hand experience. Take care.

...Hi there anotherxidentity, thank you for your very interesting comment. I think that I want to agree with you but I want to disagree as well. I think there are triggers that come into play in both processes, but I think the walking triggers are set up in each childs body to go off at specific stages. When they go off the child stands up and walks, instinctively. With talking though we learn as little ones to mimic and make sounds like our parents or older siblings, we have to have some ability to know that these words make sense and these people will understand us , "I want that." That is an entire thought, put together without knowing what a verb,noun or any other part of speech, would be as a preschool youngster. They are telling someone something and identifying it as well, to make themselves understood. A child may start to talk before walking but I think the process by which they get there may be harder in learning to talk than it would be to walk. Just a thought. Don't know what the child specialist would say, but it would be interesting. Thanks again. Take care.

...Hi codris, You are right in my opinion, walking is a mechanical process and your mucles or something that has to do with walking, triggers something in the brain and we get up off the floor, stand up and start walking. I do think as you that talking is bit more complicated, I may be wrong, but you have to put things together to make sentences which make sense. As young children, we don't know what verbs, nouns or adjectives are. but somehow, before we go to school we start to talk and make some kind of sense. That's amazing to me. Thank you for your insightful comment, you may be young but you are very aware. Take care.

...Hi ishme4nowz, I think that you are correct in my opinion on both counts. It varies from child to child just like when we are in school, some children learn faster than others. Also, on the issue of which is easier, walking is a mechanicl thing, your muscles are strong enough, you stop crawling, the chairs are there, you grab hold, pull yourself up and you are off and running in a little while. Talking requires putting things together that makes sense so that people understand you, you must, as you say think, what do I want to say, and then have it come out without even knowing what English is, let alone how to put a phrase together, before you even get to school. It's an amazing process. Thank you for taking the time to comment.