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[quote=Anonymous]As everyone else has said, it's so much more complicated and complex than just "parents have an obligation to maintain a kids native language" There are logistical issues (sure, if you adopt a child from a spanish speaking country it might be easy to find a community to maintain the language, but other languages aren't as common). And then there are the issues of what the kid wants and needs. Our daughter was speaking her language when she came home. We hired a nanny who spoke her language so that she had a chance to maintain it. Whenever I speak (in my very very limited vocabulary) in her native language, my daughter tells me no, laughs, and speaks in English. I'm sure once she starts school, she will completely lose what is left of her native language. I'm sad about that, but I'm not sure there are any viable alternatives.[/quote]
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