tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170764364936678547.post1685300884413767339..comments2023-11-03T10:48:24.906+00:00Comments on Babelkid - Raising Multilingual Children: Why English?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170764364936678547.post-86720675502740146442010-06-29T17:52:59.118+01:002010-06-29T17:52:59.118+01:00Please put me out of my misery, and publish the ot...Please put me out of my misery, and publish the other theory :)<br /><br />I still find this quite interesting, and it is so very different from my own kids. English is their default, period. What happens is that our eldest will speak to me in German, regardless of what it's about, and then turn around to her little brother and speak to him in English, even if it is part of the same conversation. It is very rare that she continues to speak to him in German, even though she is clearly capable of it.<br /><br />So yes, I'm definitely interested in more!smashedpeahttp://intrepidlybilingual.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170764364936678547.post-56718099927484888512010-06-21T21:40:29.957+01:002010-06-21T21:40:29.957+01:00As we live in the US and have no close Francophone...As we live in the US and have no close Francophone friends nearby, almost all of Griffin's interactions with kids are in English. We do attend a French playgroup once a week, though, which means that he has started to differentiate between them: he says "playgroup in English" and "playgroup francais"!Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.com