@jonathanrenteria5881
I was lucky that my parents taught me but that "ni de aqui ni de alla" feeling really resonates. When I have kids, I am going to be intentional about teaching them Spanish.
@marival337
It's so frustrating when people make fun of people when they speak correctly. There are ways to correct without mocking or shaming.
@jessicat5456
Teaching my son Spanish first in the US was a conscious choice, and I'm so glad I did! At 8, he's a confident bilingual speaker, and it's wonderful to see him connect with his Mexican family. We focused on Spanish at home, and he naturally acquired English through exposure to media. Contrary to some concerns, this approach didn't hinder his English development at all. He was reading early and is now academically ahead. If you're considering a similar path, know that it's achievable and incredibly beneficial!
@XtineMarie1022
The parents NEED to learn Spanish and speak it at home at all times, many of these young kids start loosing their skills during their teen years. Learning it young is EASY keeping them speaking it in the USA is the hard part when they’re older since they surround themselves with English speakers. Many no sabo kids spoke Spanish as kids, even their first language at that. I’m fully bilingual btw but that’s what I have seen in the Latin community in the USA, the problem is never the kids not learning it as kids it’s KEEPING it. Patents speak to your kids at home in Spanish
@Sandra-jv7jt
I have a mixed child and didn’t speak Spanish to her during her first 2 years. Now she’s almost 5 and I have been trying my hardest to teach her everything I know. So far, she knows all her colors, numbers up to 100, half of the alphabet in Spanish and some objects here and there. Praying it will all pay off 🙏🏼
@nit11
Im from Spain, and as some of you may know, Spain has different regions where other languages are official. I'm from one of those. My family and I always talked on Catalan, my mother language is Catalan, so I had to learn Spanish at school, whatching cartoons and talking with friends whose mother language was Spanish. Even today, when I'm really confident on my Spanish, I sometimes confuse the languages, rules, vocab... Where I live those errors are everyday things, so corrections on your speaking are common too, but we just don't shame it, since is so natural. My partner was thought catalan at school, but his parents only spoke Spanish, and he forgot catalan as soon as he finished school, but he tries every week to speak catalan with my family... Just don't ashame anyone who commits a language error, that gets they closer to be bilingual. Correct them from a place of love, so they can learn. Don't be ashamed if you misspoke something, it just gets you closer to be bilingual, don't get offended by corrections. I speak 3 languages, and I'm at "no sabo" level on 2 more... So I will commit 5 times more errors than a monolingual.
@wilianette
As a Dual Language teacher I love this video!! The joy of a parent hearing their child speak in their home language 🤗🤗
@ETGremlings
I hope we can change the “no de aquí ni de allá” for a “de aquí y de allá también”.
@atorolopez946
I feel this sentiment so much. I speak, but my accent leads people to think I’m fluent - a belief which falls apart within a minute or two. And I’ve definitely carried pena over that - over feeling separate from the people. It really touches my heart to hear other Latinos feeling this and working through it + ensuring their children have what they didn’t ❤
@karinadler633
I'm German, my husband is peruvian and we are living in Germany. We raised our son bilingually, as we didn't want him to blame us one day why we didn't do so. He is already an adult now, and although German is clearly his mother tongue, he is able to communicate quite fluently in Spanish, just only stopping now and then when it takes him a bit longer to find the right word. We had the big luck that he could attend a bilingual school from grade K - 10, which helped a lot: teaching him to read and write in both languages, and having also biology, history and social science in Spanish. He also had no problems learning English from grade 3 onwards, which he even dropped for learning French in grade 11 and 12 in a "normal" German high-school, to which he changed upon his own request. A tip for correcting without ashaming: when he was in preschool, one day he told me: "Yo quiero al sitio de juegos ir." A phrase in correct German word order. I wanted to teach him the correct Spanish way so I replied to him: "Ah, tu quieres ir al sitio de juegos? Pues, vamos." Even so I had not planned to go to the playground with him on that day, I wanted to please him in order to get him the lesson. And well, I never again heard him speaking Spanish in German word order.
@JohnAlonso-d6e
I grew up as a no sabo Spaniard. My abuelos wanted us to assimilate by speaking only English. God bless you giving Spanish to your kids. Ya hablo español como un yankee.
@EllanoraLoveland-v6z
I’m not Hispanic or Latina, I’m actually from Africa but have lived in the US since I was very young. Both my parents speak English and I solely spoke it until I decided to try learning Spanish for fun on Duolingo as an 8th grader. I was fortunate to be able to be immersed in a school in Spain for one month. That experience greatly improved my Spanish speaking and writing skills. I continued my studies after I returned to the US. This past year I joined my schools AP Spanish course, my teacher spoke to us in Spanish for majority of the class and I got to practice speaking a lot. I’m going onto fluency in the language and I intend to be multilingual! Learning another language is not going to be immediate and it takes hard work and commitment but the reward is so great. I have the ability to understand and speak to people of different cultures, that is amazing! I highly recommend joining a language class no matter your age. Buena suerte!
@cwisaac22
I am so proud of the mamá for being so brave!!! Her Spanish sounds so beautiful. 🎶🎵🎶🎵
@potatoesvevo9465
As a no sabo kid, I will never understand why there is so much judgement towards us for not being taught, and in the USA with no other speakers around you it is extremely hard to learn and keep up with learning because you have no one to practice with. They always say “you can learn on the internet” yeah you can study the vocab words and memorize them but you will not become proficient or fluent in a language unless you have a place to speak it without being ridiculed constantly. It’s literally these kinds of people’s fault that so many no sabo kids never learn and find it hard to reconnect with their roots.
@SolieNails
My son is in a Spanish/English kindergarten class, my husband is a no sabo guy and he’s slowly learning as he tries to help our son with homework. He tells me he’s blessed to have me since I’m fluent in Spanish lol
@moonbowdash33
I started learning Spanish in high school and have been learning for 12 years. I’m not perfect, but am finally able to talk with my family members! I’m hoping I can teach my future kids. Thanks for covering this topic!
@rafaelapereira3647
Im brazilian raising my kids in Ireland, yougest is a baby and the rldest starts school rhos year. He's bilingual and knows a lot of regional festivals, Brazilian lore, expressions etc...my husband and I are REALLY intentional because its so important to us that they keep the connection to their grandparents, aunties uncles and cousins. Great video!
@TheEnglishCoach
Love this video... really great work and excellent topic. I went through my own identity crisis as a "white girl" whose parents were from Argentina... but I grew up in the US, never learned Spanish, and never really knew which box I fit into. But now my kids speak fluent Argentine Spanish (so do I!!) and they are also learning Italian and Portuguese with me and my husband!!
@The1ByTheSea
1,2,3 generations ago many Spanish speaking people felt ashamed they spoke Spanish ,and wanted their children to Americanize ;so they never taught them Spanish . Today it is the other way around ;they are teaching their kids Spanish; as Spanish gains popularity and status; some have realized it is a good thing their children learn it .
@mintymarinara