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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stay in a hotel. That's an important rule.
Go once a year. At minimum you go alone
There is value to you keeping your relationship with your brother - kids or not.
If it starts to annoy you that you do the traveling, they never come to you,  go every other year.
Again,just yourself is still valuable, if it comes to that.[/quote]

I am fine with traveling, it is easier for me than hosting.
I would like the kids to have a relationship if possible; was just wondering how to do this without experiencing too much judgement (or rather, without seeing SIL become too stressed).[/quote]

Hey, literally every language I know has some equivalent of "When in Rome, do as Romans do." I'm sure your native language has a way of imparting the same wisdom. If your kid has a tough time conforming to another home's rules 24/7, stay in the hotel and visit for manageable periods of time. No, you don't get to show up, let your kid do as he pleases and not be judged. Either be okay with being judged or ask your kid to speak the damn language. It will only do him good. No worries, he won't lose any English because of it.[/quote]

I don't want to spend my vacation correcting him, nagging him, asking him to not speak English. 
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