Why Middle-School Girls Sometimes Talk Like Babies

For years, I ignored the habit of baby voice and upspeak because while it is irksome, I was grateful my students were speaking up in class at all. I appreciate how hard it can be for some kids to open their mouths in class and risk embarrassment, so I did not want to do anything to instill more self-doubt or dampen their enthusiasm for my class. Besides, baby voice works on some people.

– Jessica Lahey

via Why Middle-School Girls Sometimes Talk Like Babies – Jessica Lahey – The Atlantic.