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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.

I'm sorry but why even have a kid if you're not going to fucking raise it?

She is raising her children, you are an idiot. You DO NOT have to be a FTM to raise your kids well! Good luck living in the real world when you grow up.

~Nanny

Outsourcing your childcare to that degree isn't the same as raising your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that OP is an ignorant ass.

The rise in children being identified with speech delays is simply an outcome of more services, education, and research on early speech. My husband did not speak until he was 4. Back then he was just considered a late talker. DH is brilliant, PHd and very successful in his field. It was pretty common for kids in his family to speak late. DS was not speaking at 18 months-2 years so we did do therapy. He made some regular progress with therapy and all of sudden starting talking in full sentences at age 3.

ESL parents or caregivers have nothing to do with speech delays.

So it's plain bad luck??

Have you even looked into speech issues and what the causes are? Yes, with many children,it is what it is. I also agree with PP who mentioned services are more available now. Early intervention is key when identifying a lot of issues with young children. Not only speech, but many others as well.

How can you even try to call yourself a nanny if you do not know any of this and just choose to make crap up?

I had a longtime elite preschool director say she sees more speech-delayed children coming in. It was she who observed that years ago, most of her students were brought in and picked-up by their parents. Now, she says, she hardly ever sees the parents. She hears many of the sitters speaking to the children in broken English, rather than grammatical Spanish or French, as many parents imagine. Yes, she happens to be fluent in both French and Spanish.

As an English speaking nanny who works mostly with toddlers and preschoolers, I strong push for early language learning. However, the fact I speak English, doesn't mean they will learn it immediately or not have any problems.

Personally, I wish I spoke more languages. I speak some French, and was able to help my employer when we went to Geneva and she need translations. However, I'm not fluent enough to teach it more than simple words or phrasing. I can fully understand why parents would want a non-native English speaker.

I've watched other nannies in the park with their charges, who will say the same work or phrase to them in English and Spanish to teach it. I'm amazed how much the young children know.

My cousin grew up speaking Russian and English, and now at age 7 is a master at both languages, and now teaches me stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree that OP is an ignorant ass.

The rise in children being identified with speech delays is simply an outcome of more services, education, and research on early speech. My husband did not speak until he was 4. Back then he was just considered a late talker. DH is brilliant, PHd and very successful in his field. It was pretty common for kids in his family to speak late. DS was not speaking at 18 months-2 years so we did do therapy. He made some regular progress with therapy and all of sudden starting talking in full sentences at age 3.

ESL parents or caregivers have nothing to do with speech delays.

So it's plain bad luck??

Could you please explain your delay.

+1!!
OP seems to be struggling, poor dear.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree that OP is an ignorant ass.

The rise in children being identified with speech delays is simply an outcome of more services, education, and research on early speech. My husband did not speak until he was 4. Back then he was just considered a late talker. DH is brilliant, PHd and very successful in his field. It was pretty common for kids in his family to speak late. DS was not speaking at 18 months-2 years so we did do therapy. He made some regular progress with therapy and all of sudden starting talking in full sentences at age 3.

ESL parents or caregivers have nothing to do with speech delays.

So it's plain bad luck??

Could you please explain your delay.

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.

I'm sorry but why even have a kid if you're not going to fucking raise it?

She is raising her children, you are an idiot. You DO NOT have to be a FTM to raise your kids well! Good luck living in the real world when you grow up.

~Nanny

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree that OP is an ignorant ass.

The rise in children being identified with speech delays is simply an outcome of more services, education, and research on early speech. My husband did not speak until he was 4. Back then he was just considered a late talker. DH is brilliant, PHd and very successful in his field. It was pretty common for kids in his family to speak late. DS was not speaking at 18 months-2 years so we did do therapy. He made some regular progress with therapy and all of sudden starting talking in full sentences at age 3.

ESL parents or caregivers have nothing to do with speech delays.

So it's plain bad luck??

I think it's pretty clear from what the PP said. People are more aware of speech delays and there are more interventions available. It's not that there really are more speech delays, they are just getting diagnosed better now. There is also a hereditary component. DH didn't talk until he was 3.5 but at that time no one thought that much of it. He didn't get speech therapy. My DS was speech delayed and had therapy at 2. And we are a purely english speaking house.

Anonymous wrote:Agree that OP is an ignorant ass.

The rise in children being identified with speech delays is simply an outcome of more services, education, and research on early speech. My husband did not speak until he was 4. Back then he was just considered a late talker. DH is brilliant, PHd and very successful in his field. It was pretty common for kids in his family to speak late. DS was not speaking at 18 months-2 years so we did do therapy. He made some regular progress with therapy and all of sudden starting talking in full sentences at age 3.

ESL parents or caregivers have nothing to do with speech delays.

So it's plain bad luck??

Agree that OP is an ignorant ass.

The rise in children being identified with speech delays is simply an outcome of more services, education, and research on early speech. My husband did not speak until he was 4. Back then he was just considered a late talker. DH is brilliant, PHd and very successful in his field. It was pretty common for kids in his family to speak late. DS was not speaking at 18 months-2 years so we did do therapy. He made some regular progress with therapy and all of sudden starting talking in full sentences at age 3.

ESL parents or caregivers have nothing to do with speech delays.

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.

I'm sorry but why even have a kid if you're not going to fucking raise it?

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Anonymous wrote:Could someone site sources where there is a spike in speech therapy for three year olds and in what parts of the country these spikes are taking place? I tried looking for information, but could nothing that supports 19:53's assertion that this is taking place.

OP is an ignorant a$$, you will find nothing.

I know, but sometimes you have to just confront ignorance head on.

Who said anything negative about bilingual children? How about learning to read plain English first?

Anonymous wrote:Could someone site sources where there is a spike in speech therapy for three year olds and in what parts of the country these spikes are taking place? I tried looking for information, but could nothing that supports 19:53's assertion that this is taking place.

OP is an ignorant a$$, you will find nothing.

Could someone site sources where there is a spike in speech therapy for three year olds and in what parts of the country these spikes are taking place? I tried looking for information, but could nothing that supports 19:53's assertion that this is taking place.