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Should we speak to children like we speak to adults?

‘We too often tend to talk down to children. The inclination to continue parentese well past ...

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08.45 5 Nov 2025


Should we speak to children like we speak to adults?


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‘We too often tend to talk down to children. The inclination to continue parentese well past babyhood is patronising to kids.’   

So wrote Simon Tierney, Newstalk’s Own in The Irish Times.


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