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Is anyone else annoyed that Baby Bear on Sesame is teaching our children to speak with an impediment?

Asked by limegwri (140points) September 17th, 2009

Baby bear is a semi-new character on Sesame Street that doesn’t pronounce his “Rs”. Is this some sort of speech strategy or learning style that I’m unaware of? Are there child development reasons for having a character with a speech impediment or is it just to teach our kids the wrong way of speaking?

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