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We want our daughters first language to be English but all my family talks to in spanish btw she is only 2 months I just worry about the future.
Husband is Caucasian and I am latin
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I am no expert, but I wouldnt worry at all. Little Ones are smart and there language skills are thriving in their first few years of life. Studies are starting to show that that is a prime time to teach them a second language. Look at the media, for example. How many cartoons are aired nowadays that are teaching children foreign words (Dora the explorer, Sesame Street, Handy Manny). I think your daughter will have a huge eldge on her peers, not the other way around. I might be careful when trying to first teach her the names of things. I would think consistancy with this task would be key. In any case, I have many bilingual friends and I have never heard it being a problem amongst learning children. I would be grateful for the learning opportunity!
i don’t think so but for my 2 yr old am teaching him full spanish first i want him to speak perfect spanish he will eventually learn english in school like i did
My son has lived in a bilingual house (1/2 one speaks spanish, the rest speak both) for 4 years and he speaks english perfectly and understands everything in spanish, though he wont speak it.
Remember that there are going to be so many factors in her life (we live in an english speaking country) that will allow her to be proficient in english so I wouldn’t worry
On a personal note, I wish I would have spoken spanish to my son from the beginning. My cousin did so, and now her son is proficient in both.
She should be fine, especially as your husband (if not you as well) is a native English speaker, and she’s growing up an English speaking country. The main reason non-native speakers’ children have a bit of a lag in learning English is simply because their parents aren’t as fluent in English and so they normally don’t learn all the many, many complicated rules of English and sayings as early.
Just from observation from my friends (Mother is from Mexico; Father is Caucasian); kids who are raised in a bilingual home could have a more difficult time of being understood by others. That’s not really a bad thing but it may delay their ability to communicate with others not in the family for a little more time.
Don’t expect the schools to teach your kids English, sure they may do it but it is a lot harder if you wait that long. I was a bilingual teacher for four years. It is so much easier to learn a language at a younger age rather then waiting until they are a bit older so if you want your daughter to be bilingual, start her off now….you speak Spanish to her and let her father speak English to her. She will be leaps and bounds ahead of any other bilingual student when she starts school because of that…and yes it will take time at the beginning with language development but it will be worth it in the end.