Thinking of investing in those “The end is near” signs you always see somebody carrying in bad disaster movies?
Now might be your chance to clean up.
Quoth London’s Telegraph newspaper, on a recently implemented program in Britain: “New parents will be given government advice on changing nappies [diapers], breastfeeding and ‘baby talk’ under a multi-million-pound initiative to support family life. … A … digital information service, which begins today, will provide free email alerts and text messages with [National Health Service] advice ‘on everything from teething to tantrums,’ [Prime Minister] David Cameron said.”
Writes one puzzled observer of this fresh expansion of the nanny state: “This is the same National Health Service that is storing patients on gurneys rather than in rooms because it is out of money.”
Up to now, most folks in Britain probably thought what the rest of us still think: that there was no such thing as correct or incorrect baby talk. It was what it was.
How foolish and naïve of us not to realize that somewhere, somehow, a government bureaucrat could train us in more productive and appropriate means of addressing infants.
What a shame we don’t have baby talk instructors in Washington, too.
Then again, no stupid idea for spending money can long escape Congress’ notice, so it may just be a matter of time before we’re told that “Is daddy’s little girl hungry this morning?” should be replaced by, “Would you care for strained peas and apple juice?”
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You would rather parents be expected to try to keep up with all of the literature and research themselves? How much time do you think they have?
Maybe you think "babytalk" hasn't been the subject of extensive academic review, but...it has.
Heck, you're probably opposed to even as simple an action as ensuring that pregnant mothers get sufficient folic acid because some bureaucrat might be involved. You just stuck to this baby talk attack because you're relying on people's ignorance of the research to exploit an emotional line of attack.
Why don't you look at some of the research, correct your ignorance, and then come back to us with a more reasoned response.
Do you dare?
PS, that bit about the gurneys? Made up story. Not actually true in any substantive way. You're just quoting what somebody said without verification.
Shame on you.
One of big faults out of the many of Socialism is that you have to please everyone to stay in power. Money that could be used for hospital rooms is instead diverted to matters of much less importance.
It will be the same for us if Obaminationcare is not overturned.
Maybe you should tell the folks wasting money on 300,000$ management seminars that they could be spending it on hospital rooms.
It's already the same for us.
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