Saturday, September 10, 2011

Au Pairs & Biligualism

Obviously, this is wayyyy out of my current budget, but it's something I've been giving thought to.

I'd like to raise our child at least semi-biligual... and I'm not talking about episodes of "Dora the Explorer". I speak rudimentary German, and the research seems to show pretty strongly that bilingual children develop greater neural pathways for things like reading, critical thinking, art, etc.

Moreover, we're going to need childcare and I'm not wild about most daycares. There are a few great ones, but they're wildly expensive and rarely bilingual-friendly.

Does anyone have any experience with au pairs or thoughts regarding them?

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