Hot take: using baby talk when talking to children is a form of child abuse.
@freemo psychologists have studied this and concluded it doesn't make any difference.
@bluGill Sadly psychology is one area where the conclusions are wildly unreliable... I think its extremely obvious that it makes a huge difference to anyone who has seen children grow up over hte years. Psychologists need to do better.
@freemo Psychology deserve abuse for doing exactly what you did: make a claim without doing any repeatable study.
@bluGill The nature of psychology makes studies of any real value damn near impossible..
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@freemo Psychology deserve abuse for doing exactly what you did: make a claim without doing any repeatable study.