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    Give your best line for “no”

    @kimmjohns This sounds like the perfect opportunity to send your husband and kids on holidays and get some time to yourself. If your husband can’t say no, he can pay the price for saying yes.
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    ParentData is expanding and hiring a writer

    @moriarty777 That should be your problem with “people”, it sounds like
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    ParentData is expanding and hiring a writer

    @thepaintedbeat I just listened to the whole TED talk and NOWHERE does she even suggest not giving HIV drugs to Africa. I think you should take more responsibility for spreading misinformation. How embarrassing for you
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    ParentData is expanding and hiring a writer

    @thiago She doesn’t give advice…
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    Some advice on how best to raise a child with 2, possibly 3, languages

    @merriesthouse Thanks a lot for your thoughts! It's a bit of a weird situation for us as well. We've both separately been living outside our home country for a long time, him for 10+ years and me for 25+ years. In that time we've both spoken mostly English, socially and at work. My English is...
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    Some advice on how best to raise a child with 2, possibly 3, languages

    @darya24 Thanks again. I’m definitely not down about our minority status. We’re educated and well-employed as compared to the stereotypes people have about our country. I always go out of my way to identify with country X publicly, rather than blend in as a native English speaker and have never...
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    Some advice on how best to raise a child with 2, possibly 3, languages

    @md15668 Thanks a lot for the detailed reply! That has given me quite a lot of great options to look into!
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    Some advice on how best to raise a child with 2, possibly 3, languages

    @md15668 We’re one of these Northern European countries where tourists are so amazed and happy that everyone speaks English. I think the education system does a really a good job at getting the majority to a decent standard. I’m not really sure what the written level is like, although judging by...
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    Some advice on how best to raise a child with 2, possibly 3, languages

    @darya24 Thanks a lot for the advice! English is not “far” from my native language. My family immigrated to an English speaking country when I was young, and I’m much more confident in English than in my mother tongue. It nevertheless wouldn’t be my instinct to speak English to my child...
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    Some advice on how best to raise a child with 2, possibly 3, languages

    I'm hoping for some advice on how to raise our child with 2/3 languages, in the following circumstances. My partner and I are both from country X and speak language X with each other and our extended families. We currently live in country Y, where we may or may not stay for the long term. We...
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