Hot take: using baby talk when talking to children is a form of child abuse.
@freemo as a linguist and a many-times parent, I endorse the spirit of this message. I wouldn't go so far as to call it abuse, but it is definitely not helpful to the children.
@worldsendless abuse is intentionally hyperbolic here.. but yea.
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