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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the pp above that simply said "yes"

BUT

then I noticed you said in front of your Dh...
So your DH can not understand your native language and you will speak to your child in front of him, knowing he can't understand? 
That is truly horrible. [/quote]
It is the One Parent, One Language recommended to me. One parent (or both) speak their language to their children exclusively so that they are always responsible to speak that language with that parent. The parents together speak their common language. So in effect you ask your child to brush their teeth in your native language and turn to your spouse to ask about their day in your common language.[/quote]

Who ever "recommended" that to you is a terrible person.  
You are creating a negative situation with the other parent.   [/quote]

I don’t think you have any experience with this. [/quote]

Both of my brothers married  someone whose native language is not English.   
One of them exclusively spoke native language to children, even when my brother and others who could not speak the language were there.

The other spoke the native language when alone with the children, but when around my brother (or others) spoke English.

One is now divorced, the other is still happily married.    Guess which is which?[/quote]

I guess... the brother who didn't bother to learn his wife's language?[/quote]

This is my guess too.
My husband only ever speaks his language to our kids no matter who is around. It has helped me learn it tremendously, though he and I only speak English to each other. No plans to divorce here.[/quote]

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