Why would you hire a poor English speaker to teach your child to speak English?

[Anonymous]

Just wondering why wealthy parents don't hire caregivers who speak proper English.

[Anonymous]

I hired a primarily Spanish speaking nanny to teach my kid Spanish. He learns English from me and his father.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hired a primarily Spanish speaking nanny to teach my kid Spanish. He learns English from me and his father.

If you and your husband are your child's primary caregivers, that's great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hired a primarily Spanish speaking nanny to teach my kid Spanish. He learns English from me and his father.

If you and your husband are your child's primary caregivers, that's great.

19:35 here -- we are not. We both work 40+ hour a week jobs. And guess what -- our 20 month old kid is leaps and bounds ahead of his peers in his English vocabulary and he's pretty decent with Spanish too. I don't think his English has been harmed by this arrangement one bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hired a primarily Spanish speaking nanny to teach my kid Spanish. He learns English from me and his father.

If you and your husband are your child's primary caregivers, that's great.

19:35 here -- we are not. We both work 40+ hour a week jobs. And guess what -- our 20 month old kid is leaps and bounds ahead of his peers in his English vocabulary and he's pretty decent with Spanish too. I don't think his English has been harmed by this arrangement one bit.

If what you say is true, congratulations. Most of these arrangements don't work out so well from what I see. Hence, the current spike in speech therapy for three year olds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hired a primarily Spanish speaking nanny to teach my kid Spanish. He learns English from me and his father.

If you and your husband are your child's primary caregivers, that's great.

19:35 here -- we are not. We both work 40+ hour a week jobs. And guess what -- our 20 month old kid is leaps and bounds ahead of his peers in his English vocabulary and he's pretty decent with Spanish too. I don't think his English has been harmed by this arrangement one bit.

If what you say is true, congratulations. Most of these arrangements don't work out so well from what I see. Hence, the current spike in speech therapy for three year olds.

Speech impediments have nothing to do with ESL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hired a primarily Spanish speaking nanny to teach my kid Spanish. He learns English from me and his father.

If you and your husband are your child's primary caregivers, that's great.

19:35 here -- we are not. We both work 40+ hour a week jobs. And guess what -- our 20 month old kid is leaps and bounds ahead of his peers in his English vocabulary and he's pretty decent with Spanish too. I don't think his English has been harmed by this arrangement one bit.

If what you say is true, congratulations. Most of these arrangements don't work out so well from what I see. Hence, the current spike in speech therapy for three year olds.

Speech impediments have nothing to do with ESL

What do you feel is contributing to the booming need for speech therapy?

[Anonymous]

Sigh. The stupidity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. The stupidity

What is it you are trying to express?

[Anonymous]

re: op's question...i would not. But English is my nanny's 2nd language and while her grammar is not perfect she is quite fluent and largely her English is very good. I'm comfortable that DCs are not being harmed in what they hear with her, particularly given that they spend ample time w/ DH and me too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hired a primarily Spanish speaking nanny to teach my kid Spanish. He learns English from me and his father.

If you and your husband are your child's primary caregivers, that's great.

19:35 here -- we are not. We both work 40+ hour a week jobs. And guess what -- our 20 month old kid is leaps and bounds ahead of his peers in his English vocabulary and he's pretty decent with Spanish too. I don't think his English has been harmed by this arrangement one bit.

If what you say is true, congratulations. Most of these arrangements don't work out so well from what I see. Hence, the current spike in speech therapy for three year olds.

I hate to burst your bubble, but your theory is wrong. Over the years as a preschool teacher, I have had many children in my classes who have had caregivers that spoke little English, or who spoke English with a very thick accent and none of those children required speech therapy.

And, by the way, as someone who grew up in an English speaking household with only other white English speakers around me, I was in and out of speech therapy several different times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hired a primarily Spanish speaking nanny to teach my kid Spanish. He learns English from me and his father.

If you and your husband are your child's primary caregivers, that's great.

19:35 here -- we are not. We both work 40+ hour a week jobs. And guess what -- our 20 month old kid is leaps and bounds ahead of his peers in his English vocabulary and he's pretty decent with Spanish too. I don't think his English has been harmed by this arrangement one bit.

If what you say is true, congratulations. Most of these arrangements don't work out so well from what I see. Hence, the current spike in speech therapy for three year olds.

I hate to burst your bubble, but your theory is wrong. Over the years as a preschool teacher, I have had many children in my classes who have had caregivers that spoke little English, or who spoke English with a very thick accent and none of those children required speech therapy.

And, by the way, as someone who grew up in an English speaking household with only other white English speakers around me, I was in and out of speech therapy several different times.

So what's your theory? Bad luck?
-Preschool Teacher

[Anonymous]

My nanny does not really speak English. My child speaks English because he spends time with my DH and I. He is also speaking French because of the nanny. I think it is great and a plus for his future

[Anonymous]

OP, we have heard your ignorance before and the majority do not agree with you. A child being raised to speak multiple languages actually does NOT cause speech problems. Do a little research and educate yourself before you attempt to gang up on people with your prejudice! Your ignorance is both baffling and hateful.

Signed,
A proper English speaking nanny who wishes I had more languages influencing me as a child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, we have heard your ignorance before and the majority do not agree with you. A child being raised to speak multiple languages actually does NOT cause speech problems. Do a little research and educate yourself before you attempt to gang up on people with your prejudice! Your ignorance is both baffling and hateful.

Signed,
A proper English speaking nanny who wishes I had more languages influencing me as a child.

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Children who are raised bilingual have an easier time learning and understanding new concepts because their brain has learned to separated different concepts such as languages quickly and easily. There are huge advantages to having a bilingual caregiver. Speech problems are not caused by hearing to different languages by the way. It's sad that more americans don't encourage the learning of multiple languages. Everywhere else in the world people speak more than one language.