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[quote=Anonymous]to the 22:15 poster--21:14 poster here:

i hate to break it to you but my 2 1/2 yr old was speaking in 9 word sentences at 19 months.  just yesterday she turned to my husband and said the sun is going down but it's still light.  it's twilight.  both my husband and i read to her every day.  she's been going to story hour at the library down the street w/ our nanny since she was 6 months old.  and our nanny reads to her.  today they went to the library and read 7 books. as soon as i got home she demanded that i read 5 more books.  and then later tonight after her swimming lesson her dad read to her from her favorite beatrix potter book.

from 9 months to 18 months, she would force me to sit in the back seat with her and read her book after book whenever we drove anywhere as a family.  we don't have ipads or any gadgets.  when flying on planes or long car rides we either read to her or play nursery rhyme songs which she knows all the lyrics too.  she also corrects us or the nanny when we use the wrong word.  not worried.  I have two advanced degrees a JD and a masters, my husband has 3 as well phD and two masters.  further i find your assumptions about non-native speakers insulting.  my parents came from east asia so my dad could finish his medical degree.  my mom didn't speak any english but got a job working at harvard while my dad completed his degree.  she never fully mastered english and couldn't help me w/ my homework, essays, etc.; however, i was a honor student for my entire childhood--including english.

b/t/w our nanny who came here only 8 or so yrs ago put all 3 of her children through college and they also speak Spanish to my DD. further a good friend of mine who is from cuba and whose father was a doctor there, has met them several times and has spoken with the entire family in spanish.  he would tell us if their spanish is "low class." just b/c our nanny doesn't speak english very well you shouldn't assume it's just low class spanish.[/quote]

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