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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with 18:14 on the English. Speech therapy is now common place. Two languages are supposed to be wonderful, but for many children with the non-English speaking sitter, it's not turning out so well.[/quote]

One of my former MBs has a Yale PhD in Spanish and French. It was actuall her who told me that most parents would be utterly horrified if they knew the level of Spanish their children were getting.

I do not have a degree in Spanish or French, and I don't need one to know that when you speak to a little child in two languages in every sentence, you're setting the stage for problems down the road. Do you?

Btw, I am bilingual. Are you? Why are you so touchy about this, PP?

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For a bilingual person, you're remarkably dense about the matter. Your post conflates two entirely separate issues. One is the poor quality of language spoken by the caregiver (Spanish or otherwise).  The other is "non-English speaking sitters".

Why do you assume that anyone who doesn't speak English speaks their other language poorly?

Why do you assume that non-English speaking sitters speak to little children in "two languages in every sentence"?

And lastly, why do you conflate the two? To make yourself look better?[/quote]

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