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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My children are not motivated to learn parents' heritage language & culture. And, I have tried to send them to languahe school. They don't mind going there, but the progress is minimal. They can't communicate in basic conversation over a year. They don't have passion to learn, so they treat it as a chore.

One kid is strong in chess and math, and get all As at school. One kid is strong in acting skills and singing. I wonder if they don't have talent or have a disability learning foreign language. What are the good reasons you give to your american born children that they should learn the heritage language and culture? [/quote]

This is constantly on my mind as well. My kids are 3rd generation and my ability to speak my heritage language has declined significantly through the years, so for me to try to teach it to my kids in a meaningful way would require a LOT of effort. I feel quite guilty about this. But at the same time, there are so many other things that my kids can do a life than to learn the language. They don't "need" to learn it; my parents speak English just fine and I doubt I'm not sure I will ever take my kids to see my extended family in our home country because my grandparents have passed on and I'm not close to other extended relatives. So sure, I want to teach them what I know from the culture and speak what I can around them, but otherwise unfortunately they will need to make the effort to learn it if they are interested in the future. [/quote]

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