A Mom texts me:
“We’re at a barbeque—mostly family members—and my 13-year-old son,
Isaac, keeps talking to everyone in a baby tone of voice. It’s embarrassing. I’ve told him in the past not to talk like a baby. Why is he doing this?”
I said, “That’s easy. Almost invariably, children are either protecting themselves or getting attention. When they lack the Real Love they need, they seek attention—a form of approval—in order to feel worthwhile, and they protect themselves from disapproval.
"You already know that Isaac doesn't feel good about himself, and he doesn’t have the social skills to get attention at school. He doesn’t know how to find friends. He wouldn’t dare do this baby talk thing at school, because he knows he’d be seriously mocked—if not beaten up and thrown into a dumpster.
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