do you think baby talk can hinder a childs grasp of language and make it harder for them to learn to talk clearly?
I am a mom of 2 with 1 on the way, and i have never used baby talk because I do believe that it hinders them in their developing language skills. However, I won;t judge a person on their methods or beliefs, i am simply curious about the subject in relation to other parents.
2007-01-27 06:57:01 · 12 answers · asked by ? 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I don't use baby talk, but I do notice I talk in a higher pitch when talking to my baby (I think I read somewhere that babies respond to higher pitched sounds, but I do it unconsciously).
One reason I've never been into baby talk is that I believe we are raising adults, not children (did this come from Dr. Phil?), so we use regular adult language around our kids. When my 3 1/2 year old says a word that we can't understand, he always says, "but I'm trying to enunciate."
My Mom is a speech pathologist, and she's always having to deal with school-aged kids whose parent thought it was soooooo cute that he/she said "wabbit" instead of rabbit, so they didn't try to correct the problem at a younger age.
And in response to the person who asked if we've ever seen an adult still using baby talk--yes I have and it makes me want to tear my hair out!!! She talks baby talk to her husband, and when she is telling a story about her kids she will use baby talk. So annoying.
2007-01-27 07:10:17 · answer #1 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I talked normally with my baby girl from the beginning. But also found myself accidentally slipping in some baby talk at times. But I am conscious of not doing it too much. Leave the goo-goo and ga-gas for baby to say when she is trying to imitate you. If you want her speech/words to develop faster than teach her the appropriate sounds of the words. Babies catch on a lot faster than you think. Plus, I'm sure there will be family, friends, relatives or strangers that would do the baby talk around her, so you can do the normal talking. That's just my opinion. Choose whatever it is that makes you and your baby happy. Or just do a combination of baby talk and normal talk if you please.
2016-05-24 05:57:58 · answer #2 · answered by Andra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 kids. A 10yr old a 7yr old and a 7week old. I used baby talk on all my children and my 2 oldest have done great since they were babies. My 10 yr old started talking at 7 months and is now in gifted programs. My 7 yr old was also talking really young and had an extensive vocabulary by age 2.
2007-01-27 07:02:25 · answer #3 · answered by prettyrockangel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a parent of 3 also. My youngest is 18 months and my middle child is 5 and my oldest is 6. And my wife and I don't use baby talk either. We feel about the same way you do. All though we do find that we have to explain what we are saying or asking in several differnent ways at times to make sure they understand. In the same respect we do have to ask them several different ways to make sure we understand them and what they are telling or asking us.
2007-01-27 07:08:10 · answer #4 · answered by ED S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We don't use baby talk with our 2 yr old daughter. And my mother and father didn't use baby talk with the 4 of us, either. A couple of my aunts did, but the results were VERY noticeable, in that it took them longer to learn the proper word for things.
These same aunts were VERY surprised that I could speak in full, understandable sentences before the age of 2. My mom reminded them that they wouldn't be able to understand me as well if I HADN'T learned the proper words. Knowing the proper words also helped me learn to read at an early age (before 3).
P.S. It might be helpful to know that both my sister and I were reading before school started (I read at LEAST at an 8th grade reading level in Kindergarten), qualified for the Gifted Program, and are conscious of using REAL words for our kids. My two brothers ALSO read before Kindergarten, have higher IQs, and neither one see the need to "baby talk" a baby.
2007-01-27 07:08:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes i believe if you talk that baby talk then they will not talk clearly when they get older. I never did talk that silly talk to my son when he was a baby and he talks plain as day. I do know kids though that cannot talk plain when they are like 4 because of how their parents talked that goofy baby talk
2007-01-27 09:57:30 · answer #6 · answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We never do, for the same reasons you stated. The problem we have is getting everyone else to stop it, from grandma on down. I can't count how many times a complete stranger approached us at the store and started spouting off a stream of nonsense syllables...
2007-01-27 07:07:45 · answer #7 · answered by Tom H 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I use baby talk with my 2 month old. Can't help it he's soooo cute. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. I find that he is more attentive when I use baby talk with him. Plus, have you seen anyone grow up and talk baby talk in their everyday life? I'm not worried.
2007-01-27 07:04:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm with you, I don't use baby talk, therefore my kids don't use it. I just don't happen to think that it's cute and that they do have to re-learn words over again later b/c the PARENT has used words incorrectly by babytalking to the kid...
2007-01-27 07:02:58 · answer #9 · answered by Proud Mommy of 6 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think its ok in little amounts but over all I think it will hinder their development.
2007-01-27 07:14:26 · answer #10 · answered by mdoud01 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋