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[quote=Anonymous]My grandmother decided that French was inferior to English and so she spoke to my mom in English only. Now my mother doesn't speak French and neither do my siblings and I. We don't feel the culture pride and connection to my grandmother's heritage and we aren't accepted because we don't speak French. I'm way too old to actually feel less because of this, but I truly feel my culture was stolen from me. Please don't underestimate what happens to a child when a parent decides to alienate him/her from the culture, starting with denying the child the right to learn the language. It can truly affect self-esteem, etc... My two kids are in French aftercare and they're only pre-schoolers, so I'm hopeful they will have the language skills I was denied. The language of a community truly is the culture. I don't understand why parents don't seem to understand that.[/quote]
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