Am I really overreacting here?My son will be eight next month. He does well in school and rarely gets in trouble there. He's a pretty good kid at home (mostly). The problem I'm asking about is that he has a tendency to use what I could best describe as an exaggerated baby voice. I don't think he means for it to sound infantile, so I don't think he's really pretending to be a baby specifically or even associates using this voice with being a baby. I think he just finds it silly and fun. When he uses it, he'll often contort his face into something weird too. The issue is that he does this all. the. time. He does it so often I don't even think he realizes it. It sounds so bad and it grates on my last nerve.My other concern is that at some point, other kids aren't going to find this funny or interesting, but just annoying and won't want to be around him. I already worry about this a little bit because even at this age I tell that some of the neighborhood boys are a little faster and stronger than him - his teacher calls them "risk takers" whereas my son is a "leader and rule follower." I've heard them make fun of other kids for doing stuff like playing Minecraft (which my son loves). I'm concerned that certain behavior that annoys people is going to lead to him being left out.Am I just being silly here? Will he just grow out of this in a few months and I just have to ignore it, or is this something I can or should try to put a stop to? I coach his soccer team and never hear any of the other kids do this. I've tried ignoring it, telling him to stop, just flat out ignoring him if he asks for something in that voice, but it hasn't worked so far. If it was just once in a while, I wouldn't mind, but I've heard it at least twice just typing this up! via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2FMiI9l
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