https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 04:27:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-talking-in-the-third-person#post-2927603 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 15:10:03 +0000 caitcat 2927603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: It is so much like Elmo! Our Sesame Street days are so far behind us, I'd kind of forgotten! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-talking-in-the-third-person#post-2927602 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 09:10:09 +0000 MamaCate 2927602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caitcat: that sounds tiresome, and probably picked up from another kid. </p> <p>It also sounds like Elmo. Elmo always talks in the third person. I don’t know how your kids feel about Elmo but by kinder my kids thought it was for babies. If you wanted to try to redirect the behavior, you might be able to use that to say “oh you sound like Elmo. Are you talking like Elmo right now or a big five year old?” </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-talking-in-the-third-person#post-2927599 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:40:31 +0000 caitcat 2927599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: I'll give this a try and see. If she'd even just use "I" sometimes at this point, I'd happily take it! :) </p> <p>@agold: I have a hunch it might be coming from a friend at school too. Or possibly a tv show? My kids have been home sick so much this school year, and I've left them binge watch more cartoons than usual while I try to get some work done. It might have backfired on me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-talking-in-the-third-person#post-2927598 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:32:27 +0000 agold 2927598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There is likely another kid in her class who is talking like that. My daughter started doing baby talk and I know exactly which kid she got it from. It was like nails on a chalk board. I would tell her that we don't talk like that and to please stop doing it. There are certainly other approaches. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-talking-in-the-third-person#post-2927597 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:52:55 +0000 erinbaderin 2927597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wonder what would happen if you made a joke about it? "Oh, E wants a snack? Ok, when you see E can you ask what kind of snack she wants? Tell her she has to ask me herself. Oh, YOU want a snack! I thought you must mean a different E!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-talking-in-the-third-person#post-2927595 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 16:52:53 +0000 caitcat 2927595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kindergartner (age 5) has started taking in the third person non-stop lately. I’m not really sure how/why it started, but it’s been this way for the last month and a half. We haven’t made a big deal about correcting it, other than modeling back something like “oh, you want a snack?” if she says something like “E wants a snack!” But it’s driving my husband nuts 😆 (and I don’t really want this to become a lasting thing…) So I’m on the hunt for strategies to help her break the habit, if that’s even something we can/should guide. Is this the kind of things kids just grow out of, or something I need to be more proactive about? Generally I feel like the more attention I draw to anything like this with my kids, the worse it gets…so I’ve pretty much ignored the third person thing and hoped it’s a phase, but I’m curious if anyone has been there before and can offer me some hope from the other side. </p>