Her videos offer so much more than speech therapy and a brief respite from childcare: she is part of the fabric of our lives, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
‘Ms Rachel is an angel, a goddess who has bestowed upon us her supreme gifts for entertaining and educating children.’‘Ms Rachel is an angel, a goddess who has bestowed upon us her supreme gifts for entertaining and educating children.’Her videos offer so much more than speech therapy and a brief respite from childcare: she is part of the fabric of our liveshere’s a woman in my house every day who my toddler loves almost as much as he loves me, and her name is Ms Rachel.
Now that we are a Ms Rachel household, I’ll admit that when I first encountered her singsong American accent, I found it quite annoying. I feel bad even typing that, because she has made a difference to so many people’s lives, ours included. The more I learned about her, though, the more I began to admire her. Everything from her slowed-down voice, to the way she enunciates the words, uses signs, builds in pauses and points at her mouth when she is speaking, is underpinned by research about.
It’s hard to overstate how much Ms Rachel has come to mean to parents and other caregivers. Modern parents say they feel more burned out and isolated than ever, and what she offers is so much more than just momentary respite from childcare. It’s no coincidence that her channel took off during the pandemic, when parents were struggling the most.
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