I often hear people talking in the third person to their kids, adding “ies” to the end of words, and raising their pitch. Surely this is detrimental to the kid learning to speak? Wouldn’t speaking normally be a better option?
Example: “Do you want mummy to take you to the fishies? Do you want mummy to do that?”
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It’s a cultural thing. In some cultures people don’t speak to their kids like this. People have done research and it doesn’t help/hinder children’s speech acquisition.
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