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Only tangentially related: I'm a little skeptical about the claim that "caretaker speech" shows adeptness -- have there been any studies about whether it helps
by fragola 10y ago
Only tangentially related: I'm a little skeptical about the claim that "caretaker speech" shows adeptness -- have there been any studies about whether it helps or hinders your kid to say stuff like "doggy-woggy"?
- Nadya 10y agoThe short answer is "Research shows that yes, it probably helps". It gets the child's attention better being a part of it. :P [0] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1207/s15327078in0701_5/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1207/s15327078in0701_5... [1] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016363839280003D http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/01636383928... You can find more citations at the bottom of this page: http://www.parentingscience.com/baby-talk.html http://www.parentingscience.com/baby-talk.html
- fragola 10y agoThanks! Especially that last article is pretty informative. I automatically use baby talk with my baby, but I've always felt kind of ridiculous and guilty about it. Now I can say it's science, I guess.
- ghufran_syed 10y agoI can't see the full paper, but I don't think you can draw the conclusion that they do. The outstanding question that remains is whether it is the choice of words that seemed to affect the difference in attentiveness, or the tones in which the words were delivered. Edit: the final link in the parent does indeed address the issue I raised, I had only read the last of the numbered references, [1].