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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Leave immediately. Go to Mexico. Stay there. Give him a soccer ball and send him out to find friends.  [/quote]

This.

But, a lot depends on his social needs.  If he is a kid who is comfortable playing alone, it will be tougher.

I taught in DOD schools.  In Germany, I taught one child who was Hispanic and lived in a German village.  She could speak German, English, and Spanish fluently.  She was six years old.  She was of average intelligence, but had keen social skills.  If there was one thing she was going to do, it was communicate with others.  She spoke Spanish at home, German with her friends in her village, and English at school.

There were other kids in my first grade classes who had the same living circumstances.  They did not have the same success in language that she did.  Some struggled in school with English.  Some were actually smarter than this other child.  The difference?  A gift for languages and a desire to have friends. At least, that is my observation.

I agree that immersion in the culture is the best solution--but, there also needs to be a little talent.

Are you trying to get your son into an immersion program?  Is that your purpose?
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