An expert weighs in on why baby talk is beneficial for your little ones — and when it's best to ditch it. When a baby is around, grown-ups will often morph into big babies themselves, making silly ...

When you and your partner hold your baby close, make eye contact, and mirror or imitate your baby’s sounds, your child may laugh – this is a delightful example of early humor emerging.

Experts share whether talking like an adult or using "baby talk" or child-directed speech is more helpful when talking to infants.

When a couple asked their in-laws to stop using baby talk with their 3-year-old son—especially after he began struggling with speech—they expected at least a little respect. Instead, they got ...

The high-pitched gibberish that constitutes baby talk plays an important role in language development for kids—and other young animals.

I’d like suggestions on how to deter the baby talk, especially since I can tell she’s really trying to fit in with the people who have been here for years.

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language.

Human baby talk is also thought to strengthen a baby’s bond with its caregivers, and to help it learn language by exaggerating important features of the spoken word.

When most adults, even older children, see an infant, they shamelessly slip into baby talk: Whooose a prettee baabee? Such a cuutiee. Their speech gets smoother, slower, higher pitched and sing ...

Love it or hate it, but the way humans modify their speech when they communicate with their young offspring, commonly known as "baby talk," has now been recorded among bottlenose dolphin mothers, too.

'Baby talk:' Decoding how children's vocal and cognitive cues sway adults Study shows how evolution has shaped children to use different signals to elicit care from adults Date: August 10, 2024 ...