Commenter identifies the child as Kingston Jierre Pryor, now 8
4 Sep 22 7:43 PM · 1d ago · 53 comments · 1 source · development 4 of 4
A commenter named the boy in the video and his father, and stated his current age, though other commenters in the same thread guessed he was now a teenager or in college.
“Kingston Jierre Pryor is now 8 years old. The video with his father, actor comedian DJ Pryor, went viral in 2019.”
lacabeza.bsky.socialDJ Pryor Actor and comedian, father in the videoKingston Jierre Pryor Subject of the video, DJ Pryor's son
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Was reading another post discussing what true masculinity is. This is it. Take notes.
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Kingston Jierre Pryor is now 8 years old. The video with his father, actor comedian DJ Pryor, went viral in 2019.
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This baby has already internalized so much about language and conversation without even saying a "real" word - eye contact, gestures, intonation, taking turns - it's all there! As an early childhood educator, I love watching this. As a human, I love watching it even more!
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This is how you develop language. Full sentence modeling, complete adult vocabulary. That child will speak well and easily. What a blessing.
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This is advanced, impressive development of reciprocal language acquisition. Absolutely phenomenal and cute as hell.
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Based on his interaction, I’d say he has a pretty clear picture of his child’s needs.
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You know, when I took child development as a class in HS, they showed this video on how you should genuinely talk to a baby to help its' vocabulary and vocal skills.
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As a speech language pathologist, I agree, it’s wonderful. I have had parents tell me, well they aren’t talking yet so I don’t talk to them! I have shown them this video as a model of what to do.
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I was going to say exactly the same. The child is learning the basics of conversation without actually being able to talk. He's listened to, responded to, building his confidence from the very start.
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It's not just adorable and loving; the baby boy is brilliant, and his dad is wonderfully engaged. What a fabulous memory they can share later. I watched it over and over for the joy and love.
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When this first came out years ago, I watched it over and over.
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a lot of kids learn conversation before they have words: they will fill in words as they learn them. The interaction is the big thing. The kid is learning taking turns and how to hold someone's interest. The adult's pleasure is as obvious as the kid's.
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Yes, and will have a very healthy sense of confidence and value in his own voice! 💖
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Yrs ago, I saw the first part, and was enchanted. That baby is learning that he is worthy of attention, Dad values his input (even if he doesn't understand it!). This is just love, through and through. I hadn't seen the second part. This kid must be school age by now, I'd love to see them again.
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Yep, I used to have conversations like this with my kids *all* the time - I never understood a single word they said but they enjoyed the interaction! And they certainly seemed to be 'saying' things that made sense to them... 🤷♀️. But this guy's the best. 💝
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This is so great. Interacting with children like they're people is the greatest lessom my mother ever taught me!
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Every young father should take notice. This is love that will last forever ♥️
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And when he does start speaking, it will be in full sentences
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That little boy must be about 12 by now.
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This is adorable. The way the son likes that he can make his daddy laugh. He imitates his daddy slapping his leg. The fist bump is my favourite. That is so adorable. Such a great daddy. I love this.
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If all parents could have those moments with their children, more often, we would live in a better world.
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Seen it before! Watched it again! Will the next time!!
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That really helps development, just the contact!
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Just goes to show how important facial cues are to children. Many kindergarten teachers are reporting misconduct of students often stems from fact that parents' faces are buried in their phones rather than spent "face-timing" with their children - hence, children miss those cues like "the look".
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