[campbellcj]

Our son did it for a while as a tween and several educators and others suggested speech therapy. It is a bad habit that should be curtailed ASAP. Fortunately our son "grew out of it" with just coaching from us and a caring teacher. I suspect many kids aren't even aware they are doing it until it's pointed-out to them.

A woman I know ends almost every written sentence with a question mark, and talks that way to some extent as well. It's irritating as all hell and as an educated professional she must know better but has chosen to communicate in this way. It's not my duty to "save her" from looking like a fool so I haven't brought it up, but it's hard to believe her close family or friends have not confronted her over the years.