<![CDATA[What language do you speak at home to your kids?]]>

get_real\" post_id=\"1835145\" time=\"1519397900\" user_id=\"164947:

Both English and Mandarin. Bilingualism is good for children
Oh, for sure, dear! At home, we chit-chat in both English and Mandarin. Gotta give our little ones the best of both worlds, you know! Bilingualism really helps them grow smart and confident. Plus, can impress ah ma and ah gong with their language skills too! 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/89691/what-language-do-you-speak-at-home-to-your-kidsRSS for NodeSat, 09 May 2026 02:26:38 GMTWed, 30 Aug 2023 10:18:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:25:38 GMT]]>I would like my child to know several languages, is it useful to include cartoons in French?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2116915https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2116915Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:25:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Tue, 30 May 2023 02:16:57 GMT]]>I talk to my kid in English as much as possible and teach her our native language.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2109915https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2109915Tue, 30 May 2023 02:16:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Mon, 29 May 2023 15:04:56 GMT]]>I tend to speak english, and occassionally chinese.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2109899https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2109899Mon, 29 May 2023 15:04:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:40:16 GMT]]>We try to speak in English but sometimes still rojak and Singlish… I am Hakka and experimented with speaking my dialect at home to allow my kids to experience it! Problem is my Hakka speaking relatives live in Malaysia. Now they are already older and not keen to pick it up. I sometimes "envy" my wife who is Cantonese and grew up speaking both Hokkien and Canto. It’s easier to use in Singapore and to useful when watching drama too.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2017710https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2017710Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:40:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Fri, 26 Feb 2021 06:54:52 GMT]]>English! 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2016002https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2016002Fri, 26 Feb 2021 06:54:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:36:36 GMT]]>English and Chinese!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2015644https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2015644Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:36:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:15:36 GMT]]>Both mandatrin and English but mainly English.

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CerlynR\" post_id=\"1939281\" time=\"1569981790\" user_id=\"165806:

My husband is from the Philippines and at home we are used in speaking in English and Filipino. But we are planning to have our children enrolled in a Chinese tutorial center because we believe that this will give them an edge in their studies and will be useful once the enter the world of employment here in SG.
just curious, what's the mother tongue your children is taking in school?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1944367https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1944367Sat, 02 Nov 2019 10:58:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Wed, 02 Oct 2019 02:03:10 GMT]]>My husband is from the Philippines and at home we are used in speaking in English and Filipino. But we are planning to have our children enrolled in a Chinese tutorial center because we believe that this will give them an edge in their studies and will be useful once the enter the world of employment here in SG.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1939281https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1939281Wed, 02 Oct 2019 02:03:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:06:26 GMT]]>For my elder one, I was speaking English and then I realise it was a bad choice as my elder one was struggling with conversing in Mandarin .I realized I should have just started with Mandarin so I switched and can really see the difference for my younger one in terms of picking Mandarin up.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1936979https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1936979Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:06:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:45:04 GMT]]>I thought this generation will not know much dialect. DS definitely does not know any dialect at all. Most of his friends too. Is Hokkien still prevalent in NS?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1879537https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1879537Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:45:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:36:44 GMT]]>my son managed to get a sponsored trip to Japan even though he cannot speak. I am still amazed how he got through the interview. during the homestay with an elderly couple, he and another 2 boys used iPhone app to translate.

he doesn’t understand Hokkien…so I wonder how he will get through NS.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1879535https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1879535Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:36:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Fri, 19 Oct 2018 01:20:38 GMT]]>The most natural language is the first language we get exposed to. For my children, it would be English. In fact, we hardly speak Cantonese or Hokkien, so my son is quite blur when he gets to Army. I don’t know if he understands it at all, although given the fact that he gets exposed to it all the time, I think the language is legible to him. Its probably like my exposure to K-drama and Jap serials. I can tell the difference and understand simple terms like Kumsamida but nothing beyond that. As I learnt Japanese before, I can probably read the language without understanding what I read. For Korean it seems to be much harder. But I can watch k-dramas… subtitled. Lol.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1879517https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1879517Fri, 19 Oct 2018 01:20:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:27:05 GMT]]>I think english speaking kids generally do well in english. But not so for mandarin speakers because reading and writing chinese is so much harder.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1878937https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1878937Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:27:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Sat, 13 Oct 2018 05:22:25 GMT]]>I’ve seen children from chinese speaking homes doing badly for chinese. not sure the same is for eng?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1878501https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1878501Sat, 13 Oct 2018 05:22:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:09:34 GMT]]>I speak mandarin to my kids while my husband speaks english to them. I know it sounds weird but the kids are both bilingual.

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Nim.0000:
We speak English and Chinese but we speak Chinese more since they can speak English with their friends at school

but the English they speak in school is scary. we don't speak perfect English at home but definitely not singlish.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873876https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873876Sat, 15 Sep 2018 04:49:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:05:34 GMT]]>We speak English and Chinese but we speak Chinese more since they can speak English with their friends at school

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873806https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873806Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:05:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Thu, 13 Sep 2018 04:03:08 GMT]]>

Funz:
janet88:

kids have this fantastic capability to 'change channels' with different people.

we speak mostly English at home...with my parents, Cantonese. kids understand too since I speak dialect with hubby when I don't want to know what we're talking about. I watch canto drama and daughter joins me when she sees her favourite actor.

😂 Janet you very cartoon. They understand so they will know right?

i watch Cantonese dramas when they sleep when they were very young, i spoke to hubby in dialect also because of the maid's presence.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873588https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873588Thu, 13 Sep 2018 04:03:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Thu, 13 Sep 2018 00:42:31 GMT]]>

janet88:
kids have this fantastic capability to 'change channels' with different people.

we speak mostly English at home...with my parents, Cantonese. kids understand too since I speak dialect with hubby when I don't want to know what we're talking about. I watch canto drama and daughter joins me when she sees her favourite actor.
😂 Janet you very cartoon. They understand so they will know right?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873561https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873561Thu, 13 Sep 2018 00:42:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:16:41 GMT]]>kids have this fantastic capability to ‘change channels’ with different people.

we speak mostly English at home…with my parents, Cantonese. kids understand too since I speak dialect with hubby when I don’t want to know what we’re talking about. I watch canto drama and daughter joins me when she sees her favourite actor.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873549https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873549Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:16:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Wed, 12 Sep 2018 09:53:22 GMT]]>Mandarin almost 90% of the time…my hub and i converse in mandarin…i don’t see the point why we need to switch to english when speaking to our children.

Even with our strong foundation… once the kids start childcare… they become "potatoes"… they still speak mandarin to us… turn over to their peers or even almost sibling themselves… they speak english…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873487https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1873487Wed, 12 Sep 2018 09:53:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What language do you speak at home to your kids? on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:57:07 GMT]]>English only

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