“…Children's talk, however, typically only accounts for around 5% of the conversation during paediatric consultations, with most talk being a dyadic exchange between a health-care professional and the child's parent or guardian (Cahill, 2010;Cahill & Papageorgiou, 2007). Clinicians and parents or guardians face the challenge of providing opportunities for children to participate but without imposing burdens on the child that may make them unwilling or unable to actively participate in the consultation (Clemente et al, 2008(Clemente et al, , 2012.…”