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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the PA there's also an element of triage. There are a lot of concerns that pop up over the course of a school year, and most parents--myself included--pay the most attention to short-term issues that affect our own children day-to-day. Over the past 12 months, the big PA initiatives I can think of were constructing the school's playground and holding administrators' feet to the fire over bullying. Sure, more Mandarin speakers would be awesome--but I can't prioritize that goal over my child's health and happiness. [quote]

I'm a Chinese-American parent who feels the same way.  I don't pay the most attention to the dubious prospect of Mandarin learning at a young age with very few other ethnic families over my kids' health and happiness.  I ensure that they learn good Cantonese, and connect with like-minded parents (at a weekend Cantonese school in Rockville).  I scraped and saved to afford a home where the IB school is good.  I plan for them to start Mandarin in MS and to take AP Mandarin in HS.  After that, up to them if they continue with Chinese, but I'll never speak English to them.  In NYC or San Fran, I'd be at an immersion Chinese school in a minute.

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