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For this reason, the thought has crossed my mind to move to another country.  But where could we go that's better than America? 

The least I can do is try to make sure my daughter is fluent in Chinese like her parents so that at least she's conferred the neurological benefits of bilingualism on executive function and general verbal ability. Getting a 3rd generation American to speak her ancestral tongue is challenging.  I've never met one that could.  It's certainly harder for me than my parents.  When I was a baby, my mom hardly spoke English and I didn't go to daycare.  If I can pull this off, I would consider it my most important accomplishment.

My mother is Russian/Polish and I speak neither  :(.  On the other hand, I'm bilingual (English/Spanish), and Spanish is not a native language to either of my parents.  That's the advantage of growing up an ex-pat.  My daughter is in a Spanish immersion program, and in just two years (she's in first grade) has picked up pretty Spanish pretty readily.  My son didn't get into that program, but we are working to at least speak passable Spanish.  It takes effort, but he's coming around.

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For this reason, the thought has crossed my mind to move to another country.  But where could we go that's better than America? 

The least I can do is try to make sure my daughter is fluent in Chinese like her parents so that at least she's conferred the neurological benefits of bilingualism on executive function and general verbal ability. Getting a 3rd generation American to speak her ancestral tongue is challenging.  I've never met one that could.  It's certainly harder for me than my parents.  When I was a baby, my mom hardly spoke English and I didn't go to daycare.  If I can pull this off, I would consider it my most important accomplishment.

My mother is Russian/Polish and I speak neither  :(.  On the other hand, I'm bilingual (English/Spanish), and Spanish is not a native language to either of my parents.  That's the advantage of growing up an ex-pat.  My daughter is in a Spanish immersion program, and in just two years (she's in first grade) has picked up pretty Spanish pretty readily.  My son didn't get into that program, but we are working to at least speak passable Spanish.  It takes effort, but he's coming around.

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