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[quote=Anonymous]I was in a similar situation with a similarly difficult language but with much less media available in that language. Plus my American DH doesn’t speak this language. I dragged my kids to weekend lessons their entire childhoods. There were occasional times they resented it but it became such a non negotiable part of their growing up it became a routine for them. We did not give up other activities for this, it was never more than two hours a week.  They didn’t learn the language perfectly but they have a strong basis. One of them is now a freshman in college and has voluntarily (and surprisingly) signed up for 5x week classes in this language. I think she sees it as a way to set herself apart. My other child is a sophomore in college and hasn’t taken the classes but he looked into it and tried to make it happen, it just didn’t work out. So he may pick it up again in the future. I don’t speak the language with them because I don’t know it very well, but I don’t regret the effort. I would have been very upset if I had just given up. [/quote]

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