When a parent's primary/preferred language differs from their child(ren)'s primary/preferred language, who should have the most "obligation" to learn more of the other's preferred language?

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When a parent's primary/preferred language differs from their child(ren)'s primary/preferred language, who should have the most "obligation" to learn more of the other's preferred language?

BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world · 2 hours ago

my lexicon in my native language is not very vast

I’m just trying to think like a parent and that would be enough for me to encourage my rhetorical children to speak their native language more. The more languages you can communicate in and the better you get at it, the more ways you have of looking at the world and connecting to people.

This isn’t to say I, the parent in this scenario, wouldn’t be working to also learn the second language, but I’m not going to judge someone if they don’t have the mental energy left to try to learn a new language after a hard day of work.

I dunno, just trying to think it through.