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Why children abandon their parents' language

My teenager refuses to speak our family language anymore and calls it embarrassing and I do not know how to bridge this growing distance between us.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Generational assimilation creates a chasm where love and understanding once flowed freely through shared words.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Second language acquisition theory?”

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