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    Is it too late to do OPOL? Baby is 9 months

    @misterxyz I was mostly absent for 7 of the first 8 months of my first kid's life. She only heard Japanese from my wife's family and maybe 20 minutes of English when I would call daily. But I moved to Japan when she was 8 months and started speaking to her in English each day, OPOL with the...
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    Wife feeling excluded

    @x902xxipher This is not a language issue. Clearly the best option for German language acquisition is for you to speak German to the child. This is about your wife's feelings only. Why does she feel left out? Does it matter if she's left out? Does she recognize that most of the world is...
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    Raising bilingual baby when second language isn’t native to either parent

    @dday No advice, but I'm a parent trying to raise my kids in OPOL in an entirely different situation, and I tend to comment on every thread on this sub because I want it to thrive. Sorry no value add. But you do you. Hope the other advice has helped.
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