tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218426698401036731.post2751427122419975355..comments2009-04-13T16:14:01.633-07:00Lauren @ Hobo Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500733577920040395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218426698401036731.post-73279758659111012102009-04-13T16:14:00.000-07:002009-04-13T16:14:00.000-07:00Ha ha -- I have this image now of a baby saying, "Ouch, I pulled my brain!" Thank you for your very reasonable comment. Especially considering that sign language has been used successfully with babies with Down Syndrome and other conditions where it would be difficult for them to communicate verbally, obviously signing itself is not burdensome (unless the elitist parents make it so! :). It was strange to see such a quote in a book on raising bilingual children, when one of the myths against teaching children another language is that it will just overwhelm and confuse them. Apparently we don't give enough credit to our brains!Hobo Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500733577920040395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218426698401036731.post-21860385776164541352009-04-13T11:40:00.000-07:002009-04-13T11:40:00.000-07:00That quote about how the babies had so much else going on that it would be a bad idea to introduce *sigh* YET ANOTHER THING FOR BABIES TO LEARN? That irritated me. Babies are surrounded by all kinds of things that they can choose to learn or not learn...it's not going to overly stress them out if you show them another way to communicate with you. It just seems like whoever wrote that was talking at rich elitists who sign to get their kids' IQs up and who would therefore be forcing their kids into it, which WOULD be stressful...but give me a break! I certainly HOPE that's not the way it is for the majority of parents who do use signing!Susana la Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625149392915396947noreply@blogger.com