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[quote=Anonymous]Don’t beat yourself up. If this is something that interests your children and that they want, then you’ll find a way to bring it into their world. And similarly if they are just not feeling it, then there’s little you can do to force them to speak a particular language. I’ll also offer that immersion is magical. It doesn’t all have to hinge on you. Could you travel somewhere sometime where they speak your native language, like for a vacation? That would be super fun for your child. I speak Spanish fluently and had essentially zero exposure to it as a child. But I had the chance to work in South America in a place where almost nobody spoke English. In 6 months I was basically fluent. My point is it doesn’t have to hinge entirely on you. It’s a lifelong thing to learn and maintain a language and depends a lot on how much the individual cares or wants the second language. Even just some exposure to a second language for your kids is a wonderful thing!! [/quote]
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