S ome people refuse to use baby talk with babies. The sing-song repetition of cute nonsense words commonly spoken by adults ...

Baby talk isn't just cute—it could play a vital role in helping infants learn the sounds of their language, new research from ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) — Imagine you’re strolling through a park and you overhear a middle-aged couple cooing over each other, doting over their “wittle sugar pwum” and “baby doll.” “Ewwww,” you might ...

Videos of caregivers chatting with babies as if they’re adults are going viral and sparking conversation. Instead of relying on traditional “baby talk,” some parents are choosing to speak to their ...

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A new study suggests that when parents baby talk to their infants, they might be helping them learn to produce speech. The way we instinctively speak to babies -- higher pitch, slower speed, ...