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[quote=Anonymous]Experts in bilingualism all say you need to follow the one parent one language rule. There may be truth to it, but I think that is not enough exposure to fully learn a language that is not dominant in your environment.
We moved away from our ‘home’ language country when I was 10. My mom always made the effort to speak to us in her language. What else could she have spoken since her English was not that strong. I really really hated that she would do that. One day walking home from school I just ran around the block just to avoid being greeted by her in our native language  in front of my friends.

The bilingualism advocates are aggressive, to the point of almost brandishing the kid who refuses to speak language 2 as an evil traitor 
I came across someone advocating totally refusing to speak to a child unless they speak to you in your language. Apparently that worked with someone whose kid was force fed this for 6 months.
Nobody though of advising you to talk with children, no matter what, and regardless of what language that happens to be in[/quote]

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