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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're serious about your kid becoming bilingual, OP, why Mandarin? Without an adult in the home who speaks Chinese, it's impossible to raise a kid bilingual in English and Chinese in this particular city. The YY families where kids are bilingual have had at least one Chinese-speaking adult in the home for years, generally Chinese au pairs (who are very difficult to host during the pandemic). We know DC families where one parent, or both, speaks Chinese to the kids most of the time time, and requires the kids to answer in Chinese. These kids have attended weekend Chinese programs for native speakers since they were tiny tots. Yet the parents complain that the kids aren't fully bilingual. Why not go for immersion in a far more accessible language? [/quote] OP IS a Mandarin speaker. [/quote]
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