LOS ANGELES (KNX) — Many experts would probably tell you the key to making your children better behaved lies all within the way you speak to them.
However, it might not be the way you're thinking!
Experts say in order to get your kids to behave better, or at least grab their attention more, all parents need to do is speak to their children in a British accent.
According to Your Tango, a survey of 600 families, 300 in the United States and 300 in the United Kingdom, found that 70% of kids from the United States listened harder to the voice of a British woman than any of the other proposed accents, as did 95% of the kids from the UK.
Kevin Croombs, chief executive of the app Little Clever whom conducted the survey explained, "Children seem to listen harder and longer when playing the game using the British accent. It just seemed to engage them better and encourage them to do better in the game. They seemed to like being praised in the British accent particularly and would show more excitement, such as clapping their hands and smiling wider."
Parents from both countries also agreed that the British accent sounds far "more authoritative," compared to other accents.
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