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The idea is always to be consistent, but if there are other people around is it really polite to continue in the foreign language?
How do you do it?
Vero |
| Posted by Vero on 04/26/2007 01:03 PM
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| Nope! never, this will change your child, and should never be done |
| posted by rokisha on 04/26/2007 02:00 PM
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If question is only about politeness, it is not so necessary to switch. This country is very tolerant to foreign people. So i don't think someone will blame you.
But i see the other side in this story.
This consistency works good, when you live in a large like-speaking community, where your kid may easily socialize in native language. But when you're alone, you have no choice. I don't want my kid to raise without friends. And since I don't plan to send her in a day care, i think she must learn how to use English language with me, not with kids, who are often cruel to aliens.
So i'd discern this not as a knowingly created challenge for the baby, but like a mild introduction into language environment in which she has to socialise and live. |
| posted by Olga on 04/26/2007 03:32 PM
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If my kids have a playdate at home, I figure I should talk in English not to make feel the guest excluded! I agree with Olga that it is easier when your child can interact in the foreign language with other people besides yourself.
Vero |
| posted by Vero on 04/26/2007 06:32 PM
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