Do you have plans on raising bilingual children?

[tallcoolone 102]

You need to teach your kids to speak Spanish.

That will be there work competion when they grow up.

[Tahoma 2,292]

You need to teach your kids to speak Spanish.

That will be there work competion when they grow up.

Greetings tallcoolone...

I have had the opportunity to read several of your posts, and I applaud you on the progress of your English language skills. Those "English as a Second Language" (ESL) classes are starting to pay off. You made only two mistakes in your two sentences ("there" instead of "their"...and "competion" instead of "competition"). Keep up the good work. By the way...what is your native language?

[shining_angel 0]

the pediatrician of my filipina friend said she can teach her baby to speak 7 languages - it wont cause confusion on the child as long as she translate it like "are you hungry? gutom ka na ba?" she said there will be no problem with the child's development even if u teach her/him many languages because the child's brain is like a sponge - it absorbs information quickly . I'm teaching hubby bisaya, tagalog and ilonggo and hopefully we will be able to converse in full pinoy language with our kids someday.

[DARUMA07 25]

the pediatrician of my filipina friend said she can teach her baby to speak 7 languages - it wont cause confusion on the child as long as she translate it like "are you hungry? gutom ka na ba?" she said there will be no problem with the child's development even if u teach her/him many languages because the child's brain is like a sponge - it absorbs information quickly . I'm teaching hubby bisaya, tagalog and ilonggo and hopefully we will be able to converse in full pinoy language with our kids someday.

Geene, Your hubby Shaun hopefully doesn't get as confused as I do when Ruchie tries to teach me Waray Waray and Tagalog. I do know when she is mad at me, I don't understand a single word she is saying, but I do know it isn't good..... I would like to learn it though one day. Mathew wil be bilingual!

[HappyDancer 7]

Multilingual - Ilonggo, Cebuano, Tagalog, English!

[Zee Bee 61]

the pediatrician of my filipina friend said she can teach her baby to speak 7 languages - it wont cause confusion on the child as long as she translate it like "are you hungry? gutom ka na ba?" she said there will be no problem with the child's development even if u teach her/him many languages because the child's brain is like a sponge - it absorbs information quickly . I'm teaching hubby bisaya, tagalog and ilonggo and hopefully we will be able to converse in full pinoy language with our kids someday.

Hi

I know I am not Fillipina but just my $0.02.

I grew up my first 3 years bilingual. The mistake my parents made was mixing our local language with English in the same sentence. As long as you keep the language in the sentences consistent, ie, the whole sentence English/Tagalog/etc then you should be fine.

Don't make the mistake my parents made and mix sentences with words from different languages . My dad loves to tell the story of how I would go to daycare and my teachers would only understand half of what I was saying.

[sassygirl876 0]

Yes, yes, yes!!! The more langauge they know, the better.

[tallcoolone 102]

You need to teach your kids to speak Spanish.

That will be there work competion when they grow up.

Greetings tallcoolone...

I have had the opportunity to read several of your posts, and I applaud you on the progress of your English language skills. Those "English as a Second Language" (ESL) classes are starting to pay off. You made only two mistakes in your two sentences ("there" instead of "their"...and "competion" instead of "competition"). Keep up the good work. By the way...what is your native language?

Thank You for the spelling lesson Mr. Class Helper.

My native language is Texan.

Now why don't you turn to the east and start bowing to your hero Nobama.......

[felb 0]

actually it's been said that babies develop sharper minds when they learn to be multilingual at the earliest possible time, especially when they're just starting to develop their speaking skills. so yeah, i'll raise my kids to be multilingual.

[Gumbolette 58]

It will definitely not a problem for me and for my husband. I will not only raised them as a bilingual children but also I will also impose filipino values to my children. As a children of a filipina and american , our children should learn how to speak my language, (tagalog and bicol). I believe that if our children has the capability to speak my language and dialect here in the Phil, it's easy for them to interact to fellow filipinos they will meet as they grow up in America,also its easy for them to understand not only the language but the real culture of filipinos.

I have my aunt in VA, and they are being complemented as a good parents to their children.Since her children are pretty much family oriented. I have this theory FIL-AM children raised in US, are more in likely family oriented,respects and their parents and know their limitations in their age, compare to children which came from a Caucasian couples.

[liraC 2]

Hi everyone! A question came up out of curiosity. If you already have a child or plan on having one, do you plan to raise them speaking English as well as your native dialect whether it be tagalog, cebuano, etc?

Oh yes,of course!!!i'll probably teach them my native dialect,so that it will not hard for them to communicate filipino people if we go to the philippines for vacation..

[Sowega 0]

Hi how are you guys? Im glad that Len-len received her visa.. finally!! is she already in LA? balitaan nyo naman ako! as of me we are going to file the AOC next month after i get my SS no.

Its good to raise your kids that they can speak tagalog or other Filipino dialects. they will be able to communicate well especially if they are going to have vacation in the Philippines.

Im happy for you guys.. keep me posted!

Liezl

[jhcruz18 3]

I grew up in the states and my parents always raised us with filipino values. Although we couldn't speak Tagalog or Pangasinan, we were able to always understand them. So I guess I would raise my children the same way. I finally learned how to speak Tagalog when I went to med school in the Philippines. As long as my kids can understand and fully appreciate Filipino culture and the values our culture instills in their children, it doesn't matter what language they speak. Respect and honor within oneself and family surpasses whatever language anyone speaks.