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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 187 points 3 weeks ago (46 children)

Baby-talk is a universal human phenomenal and almost certainly plays an important role in helping kids learn language.

The implication that not using baby talk somehow unlocks rapid development of language is simply not true.

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago (22 children)

Idk man. There's this 3yr old girl that's a child of one of our family's friends. She's pretty expressive with her vocabulary. Like i can have full blown conversations with this girl without dumbing much down, and i think that might be due to her parents' pedanticalness.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I’ve had a similar experience and came to the same conclusion.

I like to answer questions as if an adult had asked them and then provide the dumbed down answer after.

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