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My advice is for both parents to speak Mandarin to their children if they can. If one speaks in Mandarin and the other in English, the child will grow up speaking more English than Mandarin.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Was it not some Singapore politician who said this in the hopes of bolstering the Mandarin language in the very young because it is so hard to learn after a certain age? He is right that it is harder for children to learn a language after the age of ten or so but I think, as much as he wants Mandarin to be the national language for Singapore, children should learn English because it is the language of the academic and financial world.

  • 5 years ago

    She is basically 17, not legally an person, so that is common that she could hear to her mum and dad. And maximum mum and dad require that in case you reside under their roof, you ought to stay with their regulations Wait till she is eighteen and the right age to flow out and be on her own. Then that is going to likely be her determination despite if or not she desires to be with you. As for arguments and disputes, too many at the instant are not ordinary in each and every dating. in the event that they're getting uncontrolled or happening each and every of the time, that is not a sturdy sign to your dating. in case you won't have the capacity to disagree without screaming at one yet another, then there are issues interior the dating - extraordinarily in case you're stepping into disputes a week or quite a few circumstances a week.

  • 1 decade ago

    i do not speak manadarin and nor does my husband

    my kids speak english.....useful as we live in england

    why not speak the language of the country you live in?

  • Karl
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    1 decade ago

    children can learn two languages quite easily

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    ok..what if nobody speaks Mandarin?what if they speak german or chipmunk?

  • 1 decade ago

    sorry, i dont really understand this question, but i think it would be good to learn one langauge at a time, first the langauge you want to be their native one, then another.

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