http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/28/raising-bilingual-kids-desafios-y-alegrias/ A bilingual blog and conversational Spanish podcast. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/28/raising-bilingual-kids-desafios-y-alegrias/#comment-51 Eleena Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:16:20 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/28/raising-bilingual-kids-desafios-y-alegrias/#comment-51 Thanks very much for the link. What a sad story. But it sounds like that household is being run by a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old. If that mom wants her children to speak Spanish, she has to to be firm and hang tough. It's a stage her children are going through, not wanting to speak Spanish. The mom should do whatever it takes to make sure that those kids don't lose contact with the Spanish language and she can do that by always speaking to them in Spanish and encouraging the abuelitos to do the same. Those kids will thank her when they become adults. Mom knows best. :) Thanks very much for the link. What a sad story. But it sounds like that household is being run by a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old. If that mom wants her children to speak Spanish, she has to to be firm and hang tough. It’s a stage her children are going through, not wanting to speak Spanish. The mom should do whatever it takes to make sure that those kids don’t lose contact with the Spanish language and she can do that by always speaking to them in Spanish and encouraging the abuelitos to do the same. Those kids will thank her when they become adults. Mom knows best.

]]> http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/28/raising-bilingual-kids-desafios-y-alegrias/#comment-49 cjess Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:43:30 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/11/28/raising-bilingual-kids-desafios-y-alegrias/#comment-49 This is by a Cuban-American mom in Jersey facing many obstacles as she struggles teach her kids Spanish: English-speaking caregivers, media in English and the grind of daily life. They don't want to learn and would rather speak English. She's on the verge of giving up: http://blog.nj.com/parentalguidance/2007/11/bilingual.html This is by a Cuban-American mom in Jersey facing many obstacles as she struggles teach her kids Spanish: English-speaking caregivers, media in English and the grind of daily life. They don’t want to learn and would rather speak English. She’s on the verge of giving up: http://blog.nj.com/parentalguidance/2007/11/bilingual.html

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