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[quote=Anonymous]OP here - thank you for all the responses. I can see that is a dividing issue. To clarify: my children are very young and their pediatrician recommended exclusively speaking to them in one language as the minority language parent. My DH is not bothered at all by it; it is more a manners issue for me. My parents raised me in a minority language, but always insisted you try to use whatever the community language is (if you can) as a matter of etiquette. Perhaps some of it may be self-consciousness because I feel awkward speaking a different language on the playground, at the grocery store, in line, etc. In doing more research it seems that consistently speaking one language is more critical than I thought, and unfortunately my children have gotten accustomed to responding in English because I’ve rarely spoken the native language in public. Thank you for all the advice![/quote]
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