I think it also shows how lazy parents are these days. My son occasionally tries to slip in a “neighborhood cool” type inflection to his voice. (He’s only 11 - it’s natural.) It gets nipped in the bud rather quickly.
[I think it also shows how lazy parents are these days. My son occasionally tries to slip in a “neighborhood cool” type inflection to his voice. (He’s only 11 - it’s natural.) It gets nipped in the bud rather quickly.]
When my son was 11 he was told he must speak “adult” to me. He’s now 23, and there has been no trouble with interpretation since.