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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 baby...

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08.45 5 Nov 2025


Should we speak to children like we speak to adults?


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08.45 5 Nov 2025


‘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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