When I hear "Mommy wants..." spoken from a parent to a child, I cringe. Why teach improper grammer to the child?
2006-12-02 12:33:19 · 6 answers · asked by fulviabruni 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I also don't understand why, it's just one of those things. Maybe they are trying to get more down to their level, you know?
2006-12-02 12:37:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Actually, it's recommended to speak to very young children that way. It's much less confusing to a very young child who is unable to yet grasp the useage of pronouns. What does "I" really mean anyway? "I" changes every time the person who is speaking changes. Speaking in the third person keeps it very clear for the child. I used this method of speaking with my first child. She is three now and speaks suprisingly well for a child her age. There was never any confusion using the third person, and when she was developmentally ready, she easily picked up how and when to use pronouns.
2006-12-02 12:46:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
It is not improper grammar to speak to a child in the third person. Just as Iknowthat as stated, it is recommended because it is less confusing for them. My son got his pronouns mixed up because of how they change depending on who is speaking. I always called him you, and used me for myself, so when he was 20 months old he would say, "You help me" instead of "I help you" when he wanted to 'help' me do something. (He learned how to talk fairly early, and his brand of help usually ended up making more work for me.) He finally figured it out when he was two, but he said them the wrong way for months before he understood the difference.
2006-12-02 19:58:28 · answer #3 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Probably because it's what their parents did to them, but everyone doesn't do it. That was a rule in our house while our children were growing up, "we don't 'baby talk' to our children". Our oldest was accepted to an accelerated High School, and graduated from college at 20. Our youngest will graduate from college with honors in computer science in two weeks. I don't think it hurt them.
2006-12-02 23:35:34 · answer #4 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I didn't do it. My kids turned out fine.
2006-12-02 14:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by salsera 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I don't do it either ... maybe it's a regional thing?
2006-12-02 16:09:10 · answer #6 · answered by _ 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋