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[quote=Anonymous]Find some reseaarch that shows what you're doing is beneficial (of course, there is plenty).  We are raising two bilingual children, and my mother, A TEACHER, constantly told me during my first pregnancy not to go ahead with our plan to speak both English and Spanish (DH's native language) with our children.  They will be confused, they will talk later and have speech delays, they will end up in special ed., they need to know English first then introduce another language, etc.  It came from a good place, and the fact that she really believed what she was saying explains why she kept harping on it.

I presented the information from a few studies showing the benefits in brain development and language skills that bilingualism has for chidlren, especially in the early years.  My older daughte ris now 3 and my mother seems to be content with bilingualism, or at the very least, she doesn't bring it up anymore.

If you do the same, and your MIL continues to protest, try the above suggestions of "You've made your opinion clear, this is what we've chosen, the end."  If she is a good and caring grandmother in all other respects, I would take this nagging as her desparate attempt to stop you from doing something she truly believes is harmful.  If she has the information shjowing that it is not harmful, maybe she will move along.[/quote]

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