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I love all the random "quote marks" in this thread. It reminds me of a spontaneous game me and my sister used to play, where we'd take a perfectly normal sentence one of us (or one of our parents) had uttered, and repeat it with every possible permutation of the "quote marks" (you all know how to do them in your voices, right?).

By which I mean, ever "possible" permutation of the quote marks.

Every possible "permutation" of the quote marks.

You should try it one day, it's great fun!

Also, we didn't have a gaming console.
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Old 10-29-2008, 02:03 PM
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. . . and then you started torturing small animals . . .


. . . now you keep a "hunting lodge."

Or is that "now 'you' keep a 'hunting "lodge?"'"

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Old 10-29-2008, 03:13 PM
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Good luck with anything but rhetoric from dis bunch.
Objection! Nothing I've posted in this thread rises to the level of rhetoric. It's all joaks and troaling, as far as the eye can see.
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Old 10-29-2008, 03:15 PM
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Waste of perfectly good smilie oportunity!

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Old 10-29-2008, 03:19 PM
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We have that and you didn't use it?! For shame!
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Old 10-29-2008, 03:33 PM
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Old 10-29-2008, 04:22 PM
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Sorry, I meant: For "shame"!
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Old 10-29-2008, 06:28 PM
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Needs moar lulz. Out with the seekrit message already.
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Old 10-30-2008, 10:38 AM
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Good luck with anything but rhetoric from dis bunch.
Oh, come on! This could be fun!




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yguy, I am interested in the subtext you believe exists but that I seem to be missing.
I'll probably let it sit awhile longer and see if any more decent responses trickle in, but you'll get a response on that.
Actually, I would like to register my vote and ask that you refrain from posting your analysis.

You see, I just upgraded my operating system and I had not loaded all of the drivers. So, I could not automatically play media files. The only thing I could view are the responses.


NOTE TO ANYBODY WHO HAS NOT LISTENED TO THE ADVERTIZEMENT YET:
Turn this into a game or a warped form of entertainment. Do not listen to the ad and just read everybody's responses instead! [If you must, listen to the ad after the thread dies. I know it is tempting to listen to the ad but chances are pretty good -- based on the responses so far -- that it is pretty dumb anyway.]

So far, the best way that I can describe this thread from my point of view is that it is a cross between playing Telephone and Monkey In The Middle where the monkey is a really short guy (pbuh).
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Old 10-30-2008, 05:13 PM
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I don't use a sing-songy voice
Bearing in mind that the ad itself acknowledges that children have natural curiosity, why do you think this woman does what you do not? And what purpose does it serve for the child to be subjected to her running commentary?
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Old 10-30-2008, 05:26 PM
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Bearing in mind that the ad itself acknowledges that children have natural curiosity, why do you think this woman does what you do not?
Use the sing-songy voice? It's something most people do with very small children, and there is some research/evidence that babies and toddlers respond better to it actually. Something about the long drawn out vowels etc. is supposed to help with their language development or something.

It's just not natural for me to do so, and my kid has always been advanced verbally, so I wasn't motivated to force it. Had he not started talking early, or had not talked as well as he did, I might have made changes based on the research.

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It helps them learn; words, concepts, comparisons. I talk to my kid about everything, and describe things, and ask questions etc I just use a more conversational tone.
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Old 10-30-2008, 06:11 PM
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Bearing in mind that the ad itself acknowledges that children have natural curiosity, why do you think this woman does what you do not?
Use the sing-songy voice? It's something most people do with very small children, and there is some research/evidence that babies and toddlers respond better to it actually.
Regardless of the value of the research, I'm not looking for any post hoc justifications. I'm asking why parents - women especially - tend to do it without coaching.

And what does "respond better" mean?
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And what purpose does it serve for the child to be subjected to her running commentary?
It helps them learn; words, concepts, comparisons.
If children have natural curiosity, why do they need all the prompting? What necessitates the steady stream of verbal input?
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I'm not looking for any post hoc justifications. I'm asking why parents - women especially - tend to do it without coaching.
Studies have shown that it's more or less universal feature of human parenting (Google "motherese"), so the obvious answer is that the Ad Council's insidious reach is far greater than we initially suspected.
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Regardless of the value of the research, I'm not looking for any post hoc justifications. I'm asking why parents - women especially - tend to do it without coaching.
I dunno, though it seems quite universal as Adam pointed out. Perhaps it's hormonally triggered? Maybe it not coming natural to me, is because I did not gestate or give birth to my son.

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Just as mothers appear to be hardwired to sing-song, babies seem to be hardwired to be receptive and responsive to it in general.

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If children have natural curiosity, why do they need all the prompting? What necessitates the steady stream of verbal input?
It's not necessary I guess, but kids who are frequently spoken to seem to develop better receptive and expressive language skills. It's basically naming, defining, and comparing things using language, which one cannot learn through curiosity alone.

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If children have natural curiosity, why do they need all the prompting? What necessitates the steady stream of verbal input?
I don't know what you're looking for, nor do I particularly care, but this does bring up an interesting thing.

Earlier this month, or maybe last month, This American Life had a story on "Baby College" and referenced a study examining the correlation between socioeconomic status, test performance, social mobility, and how much parents talk to their children. It was really interesting, so I did some hunting online. Here is a brief summary.
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Earlier this month, or maybe last month, This American Life had a story on "Baby College" and referenced a study examining the correlation between socioeconomic status, test performance, social mobility, and how much parents talk to their children. It was really interesting, so I did some hunting online. Here is a brief summary.
I listened to that show and it was very interesting, and uplifting.
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Old 10-30-2008, 09:56 PM
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Regardless of the value of the research, I'm not looking for any post hoc justifications. I'm asking why parents - women especially - tend to do it without coaching.

And what does "respond better" mean?
Why do you care why they use "motherese"?

Also, "respond better" means "they pay more attention", which can translate to "learning language faster".
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Natural curiosity does not mean that they will learn the words for things automatically without you doing anything.

In some cultures, they don't use "motherese". I don't think it makes that appreciable a difference. At any rate, it certainly hasn't been shown to make children stupider.

But regardless of culture, children need to hear language in order to learn it.
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I still don't understand what you are taking issue with in the ad yguy.
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I thought the specific thing they learn from Motherease is the way vowels are used in the language. If you pay attention, one notices that the vowels are drawn out in this type of baby language.
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Here is a brief summary.
Reminds me of a Steve Martin routine:
I bought a stereo...but the ear becomes more discerning after awhile...so I bought the quad system... Listened to it for a few days and said, "This sounds like s***"...so I got the dodecaphonic...then I got the milliphonic...then I got the googolphonic...And after listening to that awhile I said, "This sounds like s***."

Then I thought, "Hey, maybe it's the needle."
The difference being that these researchers haven't quite made it that far.
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How do you suppose that this is affecting my cat Tinkerbell? She's Mommy's widdle bitty baby guuuuuuurl.
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Regardless of the value of the research, I'm not looking for any post hoc justifications. I'm asking why parents - women especially - tend to do it without coaching.
I dunno, though it seems quite universal as Adam pointed out. Perhaps it's hormonally triggered?
I'm asking what makes it look like a good idea from a rational standpoint.
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And what does "respond better" mean?
Just as mothers appear to be hardwired to sing-song, babies seem to be hardwired to be receptive and responsive to it in general.
IOW, there is something about it that commands the child's attention, though not in an overbearing manner. Agree?
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It's not necessary I guess, but kids who are frequently spoken to
That's not what we're seeing in that ad, the authors of which obviously believe holding the child's attention in this manner IS necessary, or at least desirable. Why is it either of those?
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How do you suppose that this is affecting my cat Tinkerbell?
Sounds like a question for the experts at Bertha's Kitty Boutique, the Store for People who Care about Cats.
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