Complex sentence: Osment's parents described his childhood as a "good old-fashioned Southern upbringing," and his father said that when Osment was learning to speak, he deliberately avoided using baby talk when communicating with his son.
Split into simpler sentences: Osment's parents described his childhood as a "good old-fashioned Southern upbringing". His father said that when Osment was learning to speak, he deliberately avoided using baby talk when communicating with his son.