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[quote=Anonymous]PP, it's so funny you should bring this up. We are a Russo-Arab family in the Washington area. My DH and I decided it was a priority to retain heritage languages for our children. So we've had a Russian live-in nanny with both our children whose English skills were quite limited. We explained that we sought out someone like her specifically to instill and preserve the Russian language for the children, and that she is to speak Russian with the children at all times. We don't care that her English is limited; she won't be speaking it with the kids. So it depends on what your goals are with the caregivers. Ours was to preserve the heritage language, and we selected an educated, intelligent person who speaks grammatically correct, rich Russian. Her English abilities are irrelevant. [/quote]
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