Toddlers

Today I went into the human development lab to observe infants, toddlers, and four year olds. They were as expected very cute, but I noticed one thing about many of them. The toddlers specifically were quite interesting. None of them could speak in full sentences, or even using more than one word at a time. However, the sounds that came out of their mouths were comical. I never have seen a real dinosaur, therefore I have never heard what a dinosaur sounds like, but in my imagination, the toddlers sounded just like pterodactyls. They were all rawring, growling, and squawking. I am so sad I did not have a tape recorder or something along those lines.

Whenever I think about language now, I think about the dinosaur toddlers. Each of them only knew a few words each, but they found ways of communicating. Whether that was speaking tyrannosaurus rex, or smacking each other, forms of communication were evident. I laugh when I imagine if people never developed, and still wandered around groaning and smacking each other to talk. We would all be cavemen, sounding. I am so glad that humans learn and grow because it would be impossible for industry to take off with wild people walking around. Funny, but no commerce or inventions.