A study finds babies prefer baby talk, whether they're learning one language or two. Scientists knew infants learning one language preferred the sing-song tones of parents' baby talk, and now ...

Portrait of a crawling baby on the carpet in my room(Getty Images/iStockphoto/idal) A new study suggests that when parents engage in baby talk to their infants, they ...

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From the time of birth your baby will make a lot of sounds. This includes cooing, gurgling, and of course, crying. And then, often sometime before the end of their first year, your baby will utter ...

You might have seen those heartwarming and often funny viral videos where parents or carers engage in long “talks” with young babies about this and that – usually just fun chit chat of no great ...

Melanie Soderstrom is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Michael C.

With a new baby, it is a rite of passage for parents to worry about their adequacy as role models in the face of raising another human. How to keep them safe, what to feed them, and how to educate ...

WASHINGTON — You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk. A study published Monday found that ...

Videos of caregivers chatting with babies as if they’re adults are going viral and sparking conversation. Instead of relying on traditional “baby talk,” some parents are choosing to speak to their ...

As a parent, you help your children learn skills to walk, talk, eat, and learn. As children grow into tweens, they need new skills to navigate feelings and emotions – and you’re the perfect person to ...

"Baby talk" is one of those human behaviors that may seem a bit silly on the surface but serves an important purpose: It helps infants develop their speech. Researchers have recently discovered that ...