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

A study reveals that great apes communicate very little with their young, suggesting that ‘baby talk’ is unique to the human ...

Beth There you go! So that’s now, but as babies, we’re not able to speak – we can only communicate with our bodies or by crying. We can’t clothe, feed or wash ourselves – we rely on others totally for ...

Humans from different cultures speak to their children using a form of speech known as “child-directed speech”, or “baby talk”. Though to us, it may seem natural to communicate directly with our ...