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[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]

New poster. The DH should make an effort to learn at least enough of the language's basics to help his kids out and to support his wife in teaching it, at least in the early years! Having a second language is a BIG benefit in many ways in life, and if kids do not learn it early enough, they likely may never learn it at all.

OP, have you talked with your DH about why your kids should learn the language as well as English? Is he supportive of your teaching it, or does he have a problem with it? If he resists the idea of your kids learning your native language, well, he has a problem with who YOU are and with your culture, I'd guess. Is that the case?

It's not rude to use a second language with others around, as in, if you and kids are at the playground and communicating with each other--that's fine. If you'e at the playground and you and they are trying to converse with, say, another parent and her kids who are also there, it's not polite to have a side conversation with your kids as you're also having a conversation with the other parent/kids. But it is not at all inherently rude simply to speak another language outside your own house!

If your DH thinks it's rude for you to talk to your children in your own native language, you need to have a serious talk with DH about the value of a second language. He ought to have your back and support you. I'm assuming you're not joking with the kids about dad in the second language. If you were, and he gets that vibe, that's rude. But if you are not and he simply assumes you are "talking about me" he is a bit...paranoid. [/quote]

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