Someone needs to explain to me what this baby talking is all about. Where did this come from, and who thought it was necessary? In other words, who deserves to be punched?
It goes without saying that baby talk is annoying, and it should go without saying that baby talk is nonsensical -- but it obviously needs to be said because every grown man and woman feels compelled to replace all L's and R's with W's whenever an infant is in the room. Do you honestly think the baby's comprehension of the everyday vernacular is magnified by your insistence to communicate with a faux speech impediment? Is he really thinking, "What's this 'precious little boy' stuff? Oh, 'pweh-shus wittul bwoy,' gotcha..."?
You are dumbing the child down, man, do you hear me? You are slowing his education down. Think about how accelerated his language growth would be if you would talk to him like a normal person. I'm guessing you're putting that child behind linguistically a good 12-18 months. Oddly enough, you talk to your dog the same way -- which means you equate your baby with a hairy mutt.
And then you wanna play Baby Mozart for your child to enhance his intelligence? Now that’s irony. Stimulate his mind with classical music and then talk to him like an idiot. Nice parenting. Maybe you should be the one listening to a Wolfgang Xylophone Sonata on the SpongeBob boombox.
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