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@purnhart There's nothing wrong with using English while you're at home and your native language with your child around family. Unless you live in a household with your extended family the amount of time you'll spend together is small and won't influence your child's language acquisition. It...

@peakdixon We picked something that works in both languages. That's what we preferred, but it's not set in stone. If we had a girl, it would be a slightly different pronunciation. YMMV based on the language combo. There is a website that shows you names that exist in both languages, it was...

@tomorrow In Germany, the kids do not learn to read or write until first grade. No teaching of sight words or anything like that in Kindergarten. When they start school they only have to be able to write their name, hold a pen correctly and that's it. The primary school teachers actually prefer...

@aldredian At some point kids will make their own choices and if you live and learn the majority of the time in one language you will naturally gravitate towards that. You have to remember that you can't force anyone to speak a certain language, just encouragement

@aldredian So my kid was in daycare since he was 12 mo old. We live in Germany, his languages are German and English. I'm German, husband is from Canada. So from early on, his exposure to English was his dad and when me and my husband talk to each other. We have books in both languages at home...

@olufem In Spanish it's called a 'rolling r', it's a different sound. I can do it, because my mother tongue also has it. Other people in my Spanish class could not for the life of them, it just wouldn't roll off their tongue 😛 I'm sure he'll get it eventually!

@godmadegorillas Of course they'll learn (and many refugee kids go to special classes to get caught up on German first), but the expectation is that a kid that grows up in Germany speaks German well enough to follow the curriculum in 1st grade. That's when they teach reading and writing and if...

@godmadegorillas It's fine. There is absolutely no reason to focus on English, she'll learn that at school soon enough. Source: am German. I reached English fluency learning it at school (only started in grade 7!). OK, I also married a Canadian and half my friends are foreigners, but still. You...

@relle25 This! English is like the absolute least important right now. It's part of the curriculum of every middle/high school, doesn't matter where you live in Germany. Or Europe, for that matter. The teachers will do their job and English is cool anyway. Czech on the other hand will be an...

@andylondon I also panicked around that time. But he was above 50 words for his 2 year checkup, so he technically was on track. Yeah, he's almost 6 now and speaking in endless sentences and both his languages are strong and ever growing. He was just more interested in gross and fine motor...