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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some kids feel like they are Americans and only want to speak American English.

My assistant and her husband were born and raised in Puerto Rico.  [b]Her son told both his parents that he was an American and had no interest speaking or learning Spanish. [/b]This was around age 8 or 10.[/quote]

Wow. He would be backhanded in our household for that display of rudeness and arrogance. I don’t put up with that sh*t.  [/quote]

Here in America we don’t condone child abuse for a kid having a different opinion than their parents. Why come here if you don’t like our values? [/quote]

I don't hit my kids but I wouldn't put up with that sort of immaturity either. At 8, it's normal not to understand the value of one's roots. But as adults, they will FOR SURE regret it if their parents allow them to detach from their culture of origin. So our job as multilingual and multicultural parents is to force the language learning until they're old enough to appreciate it. Which has happened for both of my children, now young adults and teens, who are bilingual and bicultural in our maternal tongue.

My mother and father come from different countries, with different languages, religions, cuisines, etc. I grew up hearing my maternal language, but not my paternal language. My father spoke my mother's language. As an adult, I deeply regret not having been made to study my paternal language. At 44, I have just now started to take baby steps with the Duolingo app. It's fun, but since I don't live in my father's country and don't have time to truly immerse myself, I know I will never achieve real proficiency in my paternal language.

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