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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Your DH doesn't need to speak your language for your children to be fluent. At 3 and 6, they should already be fluent in your language.  Mine speak my language and DH ([b]we speak different languages and do not understand the other[/b]). They learned English last. [b]We never spoke to them in English starting at birth or when at home. Still don't. [/b]I don't know if it's too late, but I think you should try and be consistent. [/quote]

So your family never speaks to each other in one common language?  If you're all sitting around the dinner table, you and your child speak a language to each other--and your spouse has no idea what you're saying?  Then your spouse will talk to your child in another language, and you have no idea what they are saying?   You never have all 4 of you engaging in conversation together as a family?[/quote]

[b]We do this, and yes, we never have a true conversation. I speak to kid in my native language, dad talks to him in english only, i speak english to dad.[/b] I NEVER speak english when talking directly to the kid, but i can address both of them and say "you guys need to bluh-bluh", but then i usually say the same thing in my native language. Again - no one said this is all fun, you make trade-offs. My kid is 5 and is fully bilingual, and much more comfortable in my language. [/quote]

So you aren't the person I quoted, who said that neither of them ever speak English to their kids, and they (the parents) don't speak/understand each other's native language?   [/quote]

You sound like someone who only speaks English. [/quote]

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