Is my DD the only kid who speaks this way?

[Anonymous]

Overheard a conversation with DD and her friends. One friend announced that she wants to be famous when she grows up. My daughter asked, "For what will you be famous?"

They had no idea what she was talking about. DD repeated the question (in the same way) two times. Then another friend got it and said, "Ohhhh! She means what do you want to be famous for?"

DD could not understand why she wasn't understood.

[Anonymous]

No she is not. Most kids I know use proper grammar from a young age.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, my kids don't speak like that. Mine would have been "for what?" Not sure it matters all that much at this point, either way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No she is not. Most kids I know use proper grammar from a young age.

Yes, this.

[Anonymous]

OP must have forgotten for a moment she was on the Indigo parent's board.

[Anonymous]

Yes, OP, your child is a brilliant grammarian! Now to stop her from getting beat up..

[Anonymous]

Seems like a humble brag.

[Anonymous]

Humble brag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No she is not. Most kids I know use proper grammar from a young age.

Yes, this.

On the contrary, when your child speaks this way, he or she sounds a pedant who precisely follows proscriptive grammar rules. That's a great way to mark themselves at a young age as someone who cares more about arbitrary rules than as someone who wants to communicate or be understood.

Frankly, this sounds like the behavior of a child on the spectrum.

[Anonymous]

Gently remind her that when speaking to the less educated, the proper form is, "For what will you be famous, moron?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Overheard a conversation with DD and her friends. One friend announced that she wants to be famous when she grows up. My daughter asked, "For what will you be famous?"

They had no idea what she was talking about. DD repeated the question (in the same way) two times. Then another friend got it and said, "Ohhhh! She means what do you want to be famous for?"

DD could not understand why she wasn't understood.

Your DD has trouble with social skills and reading social queues. She needs a social skills group.

[Anonymous]

I guess I thought about it differently.

Kids this age think about being famous as a state of being, something intrinsic to the person. They don't think about being famous "for" something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No she is not. Most kids I know use proper grammar from a young age.

Yes, this.

On the contrary, when your child speaks this way, he or she sounds a pedant who precisely follows proscriptive grammar rules. That's a great way to mark themselves at a young age as someone who cares more about arbitrary rules than as someone who wants to communicate or be understood.

Frankly, this sounds like the behavior of a child on the spectrum.

I think your child is amazing and you should not try to discourage her to dumb down her speech. The other kids got it. That's what matters. In a global community and a society where other languages (ie Spanish) are becoming in some places more standard than English, this minutia regarding standard, slang, too proper, etc... will take a back seat to just being understood.

[Anonymous]

12:13 again. That should read "kids a certain age."

[Anonymous]

We don't talk about fame. Very déclassé.