Is this just something we decided would symbolise baby speech or are children that grow up around English more likely to say this?

  • bstix@feddit.dk
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    1 day ago

    Babies will mimick whatever sounds you say.

    Modern parenting practice is not to teach them gibberish first, when you might as well speak normally to them. They’re small humans and should be treated as humans. Would you say goo goo ga ga to your friends or co-workers?

    Grown ups who speak baby language to children are frowned upon. Why are they doing that boomer shit? They look like idiots and it isn’t helping anyone.

    If you want to change your communication to facilitate a faster learning curve for a child to learn spoken language, you’re better off combining regular speech with sign language. They pick that up faster.

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      12 hours ago

      Why are they doing that boomer shit?

      Its not boomer shit. Its so much older than boomer, I speak in the Goo’s and Gaa’s to keep my ancestors alive.

      Goo, ha goo ga ga, 3 ga googa
      (May our hunt only kill about 3 of us)