T for "Talking to a Baby"

*I intentionally wrote this entry in "writing test" style*

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Have you ever heard of "baby sings"? This is the title of a hand sign language for babies who is in the stage before they pronounce words and talk. This method was invented in the U.S. and is becoming popular in Japan. I think this invention is very practical for relieving mother's stress, strengthen the parent-child bond, and developing babies' communication skills.

Many moms are stressed when parenting toddlers partly because they don't know what they want and why they cry. Baby's cry makes not only a mother but people around them irritates or annoys. The parent wants to stop the baby screaming, but the child has no means to tell that she is just hungry. That creates enormous amount of stress on the caregiver. If the kid could tell what she has in her mind, it would make parenting much easier and more efficient.

It is heart-breaking to hear about mothers abusing or sometimes taking the life of their babies. In many cases, those parents would say, "That violence was a part of discipline." How could hitting a child to death be discipline? I consider that those incidents the result of lack of communication and bond between parents and their kids. Babies can only make some meaningless sounds and cry, but they are trying to convey their emotion through those signs. Probably mothers who currently can not have enough affection toward their young children were not able to decode their babies' signals to understand who they are. Baby signs would definitely help moms in this trouble.

Moreover, babies' sign language will draw kids' attention to mingle with people around them. These days, I see quite a few people have communication problems. They do not know how to carry on the conversation or sometimes talking to others itself makes them feel uneasy. I assume that those people do not have a chance to experience the joy of communication. Baby signs will develop toddlers' interest in "talking" to others and let them feel the enjoyment of being able to "say" what they want to say. This experience will help kids to keep progressing their skills of conveying their thoughts even after they shift into actual language.

From those points, I will conclude that baby signs are the effective method to understand children who are premature to talk verbally. They will let mothers free from a part of parenting stress, enhance love between mothers and young children, and help babies to positively learn how to communicate.
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....ah, I used to like writing compositions, but now, I don't. I failed Eiken 1st grade, and that was hugely because my essay was terrible. I obviously need more practice.
Anyway, I just wanted to tell you how cool "Baby Signs" are. My friend told me that she and her 1-year-old son went to a class to learn these signs and they started to use them in communication. It was amazing to see that the baby son shows the sign of "elephant" when he saw a picture of an elephant. He was learning how to do "horse" at that time, and he started using it as well. According to the website, this "language" helps mothers to understand why their babies are crying or bad tempered, and allow moms to give a necessary help to their children. I didn't even know that before-talking kids can actually communicate with sign language. It must be a great fun for parents if they can "talk" to their little sons and daughters. I was really impressed and awed by a human wonder.