Comments on: Dangerous Baby Talk

By: Alina Beck

Alina Beck — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:16:46 +0000

In most cases I wouldn’t go so far as to call it ‘dangerous’ but prolonging ‘baby-talk’ beyond early infanthood does, in my experience, hamper children when they start school. As much as the wrong vocabulary, the wrong syntax can also be difficult to overcome. I’ve come across several school-age children who still say things like ‘me hungry’, or talk about themselves in the third person even at the age of 5 or 6, simply because their parents haven’t realised that their babies are growing up!
Good article

By: PR Mace

PR Mace — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:45:41 +0000

I so agree with you. I never talked baby talk to my children. In fact as they got older we tried to learn a new word a day.

By: Ruby Hawk

Ruby Hawk — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:22:47 +0000

It’s true, I hear it all the time and it is annoying to listen to. It doesn’t do the children any good and can delay good speech habits.

By: Clay Hurtubise

Clay Hurtubise — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:09:43 +0000

Absolutely. Now, lets address e-mail communication and total lack of grammar.
Thanks,
Clay

By: Denise Kawaii

Denise Kawaii — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:48:46 +0000

Very interesting look at baby talk. I personally find the habit annoying, but I don’t have children so I thought that maybe I was just being callused.

By: gianne

gianne — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:15:13 +0000

Great article. I was at a Seminar that compared exactly this to speaking broken english to people that speak broken english. How in ways that are subliminal, it is demeaning to both adults and children, even without the obvious consequences.

Good read. Interesting topic.

By: Darla Smith

Darla Smith — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:11:12 +0000

Great article and very informative. I’ve noticed parents doing that, but I always tried to teach my children to say words properly when they were just learning to talk. I remember I couldn’t pronounce Grandpa, so I grew up calling my Grandpa “Crackaw”. I still called him that until the day he passed away.

By: C Jordan

C Jordan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:05:34 +0000

Starting off life with a proper vocabulary gives a child a much better chance to learn and do well.

By: Launie and Melynda Sorrels

Launie and Melynda Sorrels — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:05:14 +0000

This is so true. I have been watching this as my friend does it with his son. He wonders why his son isn’t talking very well. Duh!

By: Sotiris

Sotiris — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:35:24 +0000

You have right! That’s what happens in Greece too. Parents should teach their babies to talk correctly!