Blog #4
I have to admit that I am a victim of caregiver speech. I tend to babysit quite often. My relatives and family friends know that I love children, so they bring me their children to babysit. I tend to talk to them in a caregiver speech. I had never taught of caregiver speech as something bad, until this class. This class made me realize that talking babyish to a small child is not benefiting them in anyway. I actually think that talking babyish is damaging to a child’s learning process. If we talk babyish the day we don’t, the child might get confused. It’s better to talk to them in normal language at an early age, if we do maybe a small child can talk faster.
Caregiver speech is not bad.
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