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[quote=Anonymous]Through some combination of events, we have one Chinese language speaker kid and one nonspeaker, in the same household. So far it has not really affected either kid's life that much. The nonspeaker kid will start taking Mandarin in high school. The only thing I'll say is that it takes consistency and constant effort to maintain language skills, it's something that can disappear right quick even despite years of effort, if you don't maintain it. Honestly? I wished that the grandparents would be more involved with Mandarin (which they do speak, though their first language is another Chinese language), but they were not really involved, so I'm not sure you should shoulder all of that guilt, there is plenty of people to share it. :) Is there an opportunity to travel to your family's place of origin? I find that for my kids, it helps them to be from a specific place, rather than generically Asian American, even if they cannot communicate when we go there.[/quote]
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