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      09-07-2014, 07:00 AM   #1
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Teach your kids using materials in their native tongue? The one we have is really sweet and extremely easy on the eyes. But she is teaching our 9 mo. Old A B C 's with videos that are sung with British accents and words. I'm afraid that our son will go to daycare with a British accent? And if I hear that x little kittens have lost their mittens and we shall have no pie song one more time I'll throw the iPad out the window!
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I can't they should always or should never...it really depends on family dynamics.
If they are teaching the kid(s) however, this should be supplemental learning and most certainly not the primary. That should come from parents and whatever school system they are in.
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Well you hire them so if you don't want them to teach, tell them not to. However, note that if the child spends a lot of time with this person, when they start talking they will pick up on the accent, just from hearing them speak a lot. It's not reasonable to expect the au pair not to speak Personally I'd be happy she is working with kiddo and not just sitting on her phone all day.

My daughter who is 4 years old has a British accent right now from her mother. I wouldn't worry about it, as kids will pick up real quick how to speak once they start school (I.e., not daycare), interact with teachers and fellow students and it will fade.

I didn't speak any English until I was 8, and 1 in 100 people sometimes comment that I have a slight accent.

It's not something I would worry about long term.
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Well you hire them so if you don't want them to teach, tell them not to. However, note that if the child spends a lot of time with this person, when they start talking they will pick up on the accent, just from hearing them speak a lot. It's not reasonable to expect the au pair not to speak Personally I'd be happy she is working with kiddo and not just sitting on her phone all day.

My daughter who is 4 years old has a British accent right now from her mother. I wouldn't worry about it, as kids will pick up real quick how to speak once they start school (I.e., not daycare), interact with teachers and fellow students and it will fade.

I didn't speak any English until I was 8, and 1 in 100 people sometimes comment that I have a slight accent.

It's not something I would worry about long term.
Same here, and I think it's a compliment to hear I'm British instead of being mistaken for an American! Australia is the second one I get placed to, which also is a bit wrong answer.
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Same here, and I think it's a compliment to hear I'm British instead of being mistaken for an American! Australia is the second one I get placed to, which also is a bit wrong answer.
I would've said New Zealand
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I would've said New Zealand
Haha. You have been awake on geography lessons.
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I've been speaking to my 1 year old in an east Indian accent (Apu) for the past week. Let's see if he picks up on that.
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I've been speaking to my 1 year old in an east Indian accent (Apu) for the past week. Let's see if he picks up on that.
Might take longer than a week
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Haha. You have been awake on geography lessons.
Haha I like to think Im a lot smarter than I portray myself here
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Haha I like to think Im a lot smarter than I portray myself here
None of us would know how to access internet if we were as idiots as we act here sometimes.

M day lived through, I'm pretty happy we are not as much dicks as we act like often. I guess internet does wonders to us all!
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None of us would know how to access internet if we were as idiots as we act here sometimes.

M day lived through, I'm pretty happy we are not as much dicks as we act like often. I guess internet does wonders to us all!
does anyone know how to reply to posts on here b/c I'd really like to comment on this?
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does anyone know how to reply to posts on here b/c I'd really like to comment on this?
Not me, I tend to stfu always.
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Not me, I tend to stfu always.
What does sticking the finger up have to do with anything? Geez, some people around here are so dirty
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in Canada they said we had a British accent (from the british schools in hong kong) and in HK they said we had a canadian accent, when I went to the US they said I had a non-US accent, and now I am the one of few who speaks proper english in HK that is not obviously US, however to brits and others they would just think I have a US accent. But truth is i am Borg.
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The magic number for an accent sticking is somewhere around 14-15. My mother came to the US when she was 13 and has no accent while my wife came at 17 and has an accent.

Honestly, just be happy she's taking the time to teach your kid (who, btw, is way to young to have anything really stick, accent or otherwise). I wouldn't do anything to discourage it because she's honestly trying to help (and is) but you're being pretty uptight about it.

A coworker of mine has two kids (10 and 13) who have had the same Columbian nanny since birth and, as a result, are both fluent in Spanish. I would say ANY culture being added to the home is a major plus as it's sadly lacking in many homes in the US.
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My son spent his first 10 years or so with his great-aunt who speaks no English. He doesn't have a Spanish accent. She still can't say his name properly, but he can speak enough Spanish to get what he wants now. He got an A- in Freshman Spanish.
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my wife spoke french exclusively until she was about 3. once she went to school where everybody spoke English she lost the accent completely and she cant even fake the accent today.
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First guess for most people when they wonder where I'm from is South Africa. Never made sense until I figured out the Afrikaans bit.
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First guess for most people when they wonder where I'm from is South Africa. Never made sense until I figured out the Afrikaans bit.
Where are you from? I assumed Netherlands...
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I've been living in the Midwest for 12 years now and people still can tell I'm from the Boston area. Yet when I go home, I can't help but laugh at my Mom's serious Boston accent.

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