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[quote=Anonymous]I’m struggling with this. I’m a single parent but I’m trying to remember to speak German to my 6mo old as much as possible. Although there is some forgetting - speaking in English and then remembering and saying the same thing in German.   I was not raised bilingual (it was more controversial when I was growing up and I was late to speak) but my parents sent me to German school starting age 6 (took place on Saturdays) and I spent a year in high school in Germany. In any case my German isn’t perfect but I find it helpful when I call my relatives in Germany and facetime them in German with my child.  I also read stories to my DC in German.  Also my mother did sing German lullabies to me and I sing those to my child.  I am planning to seek out other parents who speak German for German play dates, etc.

Most of the people  I know have a parent who’s native language is the non English language and they speak that language to their child with their partner (who knows the language as a second language) also speaking it. I think that makes it easier …. Speaking it as much as possible  is better than any formal lessons. Trust me we kids all hated German School 😂.[/quote]

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