motorcarman
Compulsive Collector
I'm vehemently against illegal aliens being allowed to stay in this country, but not teaching your kids your native language is not a smart move. Being able to speak another language fluently is a huge benefit for the mind and the child's future. This has nothing to do with 'fitting in' or multiculturalism.
Apparently my wife's family did not see it that way back in the 1940s and 1950s. I guess they were tired of German , Italian, Polish, Mexican etc. Neighborhoods and the language barriers they presented. They wanted to be AMERICAN and not Hyphenated-American so I get why they did what they did.
Yea looking back it might have been an advantage in life but people do things for their own reason.
Regular Americans probably pointed and laughed at the immigrants inability to communicate and they did NOT want that for their kid. My mother-in-law said she did not speak English until she went to Kindergarten. It must have been tough.
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