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The younger, the better. Get them started now, and it won't even be work. Then later, they can use their skills virtually everywhere. Plus, it connects you with your past, and your original family.
People who try to eliminate language usually have one thing on their mind, usually reserved for colonizers.
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Just throw some Jameson in the formula mixed with milk. The kid will start bubbling out nonsense stuff and want to fight. No one could tell the diffrence.
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Your husband is a monster.
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Znuh: Linguist here. Giving your child the gift of more than one language ensures higher cognition, problem solving, and a whole suite of skills that only having one language cannot give.
The younger, the better. Get them started now, and it won't even be work. Then later, they can use their skills virtually everywhere. Plus, it connects you with your past, and your original family.
People who try to eliminate language usually have one thing on their mind, usually reserved for colonizers.
Very cunning of you!
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revrendjim: Child of an immigrant here. Mom wasn't allowed to use her language with her children, because we were Americans now and needed to speak English. How I wish I had learned both.
This right here.
Mom and Dad spoke 5 languages between them, and the only one they used on me was English.
And American English, at that.
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Learning another language while you are very young is a huge advantage.
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When he collapses to his knees in despair and pleads to the heavens how he wished he'd learned another language, jump out from the nearby bushes with 20 of his friends and/or relatives and tell him he got pranked, bro
Then tell him the kid is learning a second language, deal with it
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no1curr: Arrange to have your husband kidnapped and stranded in a country where he doesn't speak the language and nobody speaks English
When he collapses to his knees in despair and pleads to the heavens how he wished he'd learned another language, jump out from the nearby bushes with 20 of his friends and/or relatives and tell him he got pranked, bro
Then tell him the kid is learning a second language, deal with it
100% this.
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That said, it may not be the most useful language the kid could learn, but if that's what you have, I say go for it.
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Your spouse is a moron if he doesn't see this. Dump him immediately.
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Jesus McSordid: It's good to see that there is renewed interest in both Irish Gaelic and the Scottish form (pronounced "garlic"). Both were crushed by the English conquerors, and scorned by the upper classes, and the resurgence is very welcome.
That said, it may not be the most useful language the kid could learn, but if that's what you have, I say go for it.
Always fall back on a career as a tour guide for American tourists visiting the old country and want to hear some colorful commentary that doesn't involve complaints about the coaching at ManU.
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Teaching a child to be bilingual from birth has so many advantages, it would be cruel not to
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that's just a bizarre thing to fight against.
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Two Dogs Farking: My son is growing up bilingual here in Germany. I've achieved full fluency in the 30+ years I've been here, but he's been bilingual since he could talk. It's an amazing journey.
I've been in Germany for 10 and my three kids are being raised bilingual. Really no reason not to if you have parents who speak different languages.
I have not achieved full fluency. Everyone wants to use me to practice their English though.
Honestly though if she wants to teach the kid Irish then she has every right to do so. She should also consider moving back to Ireland as it's probably cheaper to raise a kid there than in the US.
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