[Albion Wilde]

I think it's good to raise children bilingually, if the parents speak another language, as long as they're not "activists" trying to siphon taxpayer money for the establishment of the other language and culture as a "right." No. Not a right.

I recently heard a French-speaking kid in a grocery cart in a supermarket near Baltimore Maryland, which has about zero French presence, sob-whining, "Papa! Je veux bon bons! Je veux bon bons! Bon bons" (Daddy, I want candy! I want candy! Candy!) to his poor harried dad.

LOL!! Kids are the same everywhere.

[lastchance]

I once had a co-worker whose granddaughter came to see her at work. They both spoke English and Spanish. They had been speaking English then the girl started getting antsy and my coworker switched to Spanish for a couple of minutes. Afterwards I said, “You were telling her she better sit down and behave or she was going to get a swat.” My co-worker said “I didn’t know you spoke Spanish.” I told her, “I don’t but I recognize that tone and expression in any language.”