real-brisker
I have given some thought to your post and I now agree with you very strongly on one point. The way parents talk to babies and young children. Besides sounding pathetic, you teach your child poor vocabulary and grammar I have heard parents call things by the name the baby calls it and its a mistake. The kid is to young to properly pronounce it so they say for example gape instead of grape, but they “think” they are saying grape or at least are trying to. If you always ask them “do you want gapes?” you reinforce bad vocabulary and make them think that the real word is gape and not grape.
There are many kids in the 1st or 2nd grade who still use baby words because their parents didnt realize at the time that calling blanket blankie, or bed “bettie”…was going to stick…