[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

You can raise kids bilingual. They learn the language of their parents home country and the local one. That's usually not a problem, I've seen it being done here a few times. A foreign language is always a good thing to have and can even open you doors on the job market (and makes some holiday trips so much easier). So I'm all for teaching your kids your native language IF you teach them the local one as well.

Amen to that. I always get pissed when I see third generation people here who don't speak the language properly....

A lot of merit in that