Hot take: using baby talk when talking to children is a form of child abuse.

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@freemo I recall a report that the younger children in a household develop better language usage than the older siblings. The reason is they have many older speakers to learn from.

@rmerriam That woudl make sense.. I bet part of it is that older siblings rarely use baby talk like adults do as well.

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