Do any of you moms have this problem where your child mumbles? Is mumbling a symptom of any problems this child might be having? What do you do? It so hard to keep asking, "What?"
What a relief to find that this happens to almost everybody. He's 12 and a half now and the last family get together, I didn't notice any mumbling! Thanks!
My daughter does, and she talks fast so you have no clue what she is saying. I tell her she has to talk clearly or she loses out since she does not get what she wants. Getting better but I really hope this passes soon.
It depends. Sometimes I mumble back. Sometimes I don't respond or respond with, "When you can speak clearly, we can talk." or "Get the cotton out of your mouth." or "Are you talking to me? Then speak clearly and look me in the eyes."
I just think it's a sullen tween/teen thing.
I am so glad you asked this question!!!!!My otherwise sweet 11 year old does this and it makes me crazy. I have asked him nicely (and sometimes not so nicely) to speak clearly. Now I charge him a dollar every time I need to ask him to repeat himself. WE got up to four dollars and then things improved quite a bit...;-)
ugh, this is SO frustrating! I tell my son, " are you talking to me? Oh, sorry, I didn't know...if you want me to know you're talking to me you have to make eye contact and ENUNCIATE!"
i think its a way they can smart mouth you under their breath and us not catch on ..lol.. my son does it when he doesnt like somehting or is in trouble or for that matter when he is just breathing..lol.. i think he is just going through some changes
My 14 year old daughter mumbles under her breath. Drives me CRAZY!! I tell her if she has something to say to say it, or shut it. She only does this when she does not get her way or when she is in trouble. She does not do it often, but when she does, I can't stand it. As I tell her to do something, when I'm finished she says something, so that's when I say to her "say it or shut it". Then she's like "I didn't say anything" I leave it at that. It's not worth a fight. I try to pick my battles with her. I can remember being this age where everything is such drama and they live for today and don't see that's it's not that bad. But their brains don't function like ours.
Good luck. :)
No but I have a sister in her midtwenties who talks in a baby voice all the time. Makes me crazy. Methinks they wants attention. Or as I noticed in some cases, money!
I had to laugh when I read your question. My son mumbled for almost a year!
He is almost 14, and speaking clearly. I think it's just a way to rebel. Like they're saying, "Fine, I'll talk to you because I have to, but I'll do it my way, and if you can't hear me, it's not my problem."
I would tell my son I couldn't hear him, and he would say, "That's funny, I was speaking in a normal voice."
It will pass! Think of your pre-teen as a big toddler going through the terrible two's. :)
