As long as you can communicate with her, that would be my major concern. I would not force her to learn english. It is very hard to learn as an older adult and some people have the capacity and some don't (I am one who has tried and cannot). I would find a spanish speaking meet up or other group for socialization. Keep a good nanny rather than worry about language.

911 has interpreters for languages other than English. She could have called 911, but didn't know she could. That has nothing to do with speaking English.

Honestly, I consider this a dangerous situation and neglectful on your part to keep her knowing what you do.

you get what you pay for and that is nothing i know of ananny who could not call 911 when the house was on fire luckly she was on her phone with someone who spoke english i kidd you not pay for your kids spanish lesson if it is that important do not risk their life for a free ride

you get what you pay for and that is nothing i know of ananny who could not call 911 when the house was on fire luckly she was on her phone with someone who spoke english i kidd you not pay for your kids spanish lesson if it is that important do not risk their life for a free ride

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. You all think you're raising "bilingual" kids, but all you're really doing is shortchanging them on what is valuable time for them to be building a strong foundation in English (English spoken by educated, well-read people with strong vocabularies), and the Spanish they are learning is likely the equivalent to the "English" you'd hear in bumfuck, USA. Just so you don't have to pay a real nanny, and so you can brag that your kid speaks both pigeon English and low class Spanish! Aren't they special!

Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm a linguist and my DC's English is superb. You're clearly upset that you aren't bilingual. Instead of spewing hate on DCUM, why don't you take a class? BTW- I feel sorry for any child left in your inadequate care.

You're funny. One, I am bilingual, and I actually deal with these "bilingual" nannies during the day. They don't speak English, and their Spanish is uneducated street Spanish. Not exactly what you want your child learning. Two, you know nothing about the care I provide. Three, having an opinion you don't like is not spewing hate. I feel sorry for your kid. While their English may be superb (you aren't exactly unbiased) if you're also teaching them logic skills, they're in for a rough road ahead.

You're funnier. And logic is definitely not your strong suite either. To make a blanket statement that the Spanish, which our nannies are teaching our kids, is "street" Spanish, shows you're quite an idiot! How would you know?! You may be delusional that you have magical powers to know what Spanish is being spoken and learned out there, I'd venture to say you're giving yourself too much credit. I don't think you'd know Spanish if King Ferdinand himself showed up on your door step. Also, stop pretending like you're a nanny. I can't imagine even the most ignorant of parents would hire someone as mentally slow as yourself!

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a nanny to know some English at the very least, if the family speaks primarily English.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. You all think you're raising "bilingual" kids, but all you're really doing is shortchanging them on what is valuable time for them to be building a strong foundation in English (English spoken by educated, well-read people with strong vocabularies), and the Spanish they are learning is likely the equivalent to the "English" you'd hear in bumfuck, USA. Just so you don't have to pay a real nanny, and so you can brag that your kid speaks both pigeon English and low class Spanish! Aren't they special!

Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm a linguist and my DC's English is superb. You're clearly upset that you aren't bilingual. Instead of spewing hate on DCUM, why don't you take a class? BTW- I feel sorry for any child left in your inadequate care.

You're funny. One, I am bilingual, and I actually deal with these "bilingual" nannies during the day. They don't speak English, and their Spanish is uneducated street Spanish. Not exactly what you want your child learning. Two, you know nothing about the care I provide. Three, having an opinion you don't like is not spewing hate. I feel sorry for your kid. While their English may be superb (you aren't exactly unbiased) if you're also teaching them logic skills, they're in for a rough road ahead.

Your ignorance is astounding. And to think you're inflicting that upon the defenseless- children- is heart-breaking. I hope the unfortunate parent(s) whom've hired you get wind of how prejudiced you are and send you packing before you do significant damage to their children. Secondly, I doubt you're bilingual. You're a bilingual wannabe who's mad that you're not good enough for a prominent family to hire. You're cringing with jealousy all over the pathetic body. Perhaps, you should give up ruining kids with your racist views and do what you'd be good at- scrubbing toilets in some filthy prison. Never mind, you're not qualified for that either. In the mean time, I'll stick with my bomb Latina nanny who has taught both of my kids "high" Spanish. They do not have an accent and my kids' teachers from Peru and Colombia are simply amazed at their grammatical correctness. My daughter is chosen all the time to give speeches at school assemblies in Spanish because it is perfect. And even if my nanny's Spanish was street Spanish- she's from an educated family in Bolivia by the way- you're probably too stupid to understand that still wouldn't affect my child's Spanish. If you know anything about language acquisition, which obviously you don't, kids learn the standard by being exposed to it. My parents are both uneducated and speak what would be called a dialect of English. And, my English is perfect. So, either way it's all good. Sorry, hater. We still don't need your poor quality services!

To the hate spewing poster claiming that all parents are stupid to hire nannies who aren't completely fluent in English--1) How do you know which Spanish speaking countries our nannies come from? 2) Why do you assume we don't pay our nanny a fair wage? What's a "real nanny?" We pay her more than $16/hr for one toddler, plus 2 weeks vacation (at her choosing) in addition to all the days we take off for our vacation (ends up being more than 3 weeks/yr). Her previous nanny family, whose father was an orthopedic surgeon, paid her $21/hr. And she was offered even more by a prominent attorney's family to come work for them but chose us instead b/c of the vibes she got from them. She's very warm and caring and my daughter absolutely loves her.

FWIW, I was born outside of the US, and my parents came here when I was a baby. They never spoke perfect English (still don't); however, all of my siblings and I graduated with honors from Ivy League colleges. It did not hold me back from competing with my US peers. You need to get overyourself. Why are you so hateful? My law school professor came here from Vietnam when he was 12 and did not speak a single word of English(refugees). His whole family picked fruit to survive. He ended up going to Harvard for both college and law school. He clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Somehow his being surrounded by incompetnent English speakers did not hold him back.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. You all think you're raising "bilingual" kids, but all you're really doing is shortchanging them on what is valuable time for them to be building a strong foundation in English (English spoken by educated, well-read people with strong vocabularies), and the Spanish they are learning is likely the equivalent to the "English" you'd hear in bumfuck, USA. Just so you don't have to pay a real nanny, and so you can brag that your kid speaks both pigeon English and low class Spanish! Aren't they special!

Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm a linguist and my DC's English is superb. You're clearly upset that you aren't bilingual. Instead of spewing hate on DCUM, why don't you take a class? BTW- I feel sorry for any child left in your inadequate care.

You're funny. One, I am bilingual, and I actually deal with these "bilingual" nannies during the day. They don't speak English, and their Spanish is uneducated street Spanish. Not exactly what you want your child learning. Two, you know nothing about the care I provide. Three, having an opinion you don't like is not spewing hate. I feel sorry for your kid. While their English may be superb (you aren't exactly unbiased) if you're also teaching them logic skills, they're in for a rough road ahead.