Hypothetical situation...

Well, i believe anyone who has moved/migrated to a different country is to try to find a better living.. so i think it's only right that you do teach your children the language in whatever country you are planning to live in. It will really help the children to mix with others and not feel left out. There's nothing wrong learning a language as it won't detach yourself from your own culture. So i believe there is really nothing wrong with that.

Let me see if I get this right. You are an Amreican Indian living in the middle of America Right, on say a reservation? Am I getting the picture right? Well afer so many generations of a tribe interactioning with the white man the family will be speaking American because the parents and grandparents will have gone to the white man's school. The real problem will be reversed and you might want your child to learn the native language so it won't die out. So then you would be takng the child to special center where just the native language would be spoken or you know your native language and speak it at home along with the American langiuage so the child will be learning speak two languages.

Children learn languages very quickly indeed. When you think of it, they learn their native language completely from scratch in under 2 years! When it's an issua of culture, I think children can be taught to respect values while accepting modern influences. I know a couple where the wife is deaf but the husband and daughter hear perfectly. The dad talks to his daughter in sign even when the mother is not there, just because it feels natural.

For me "yes" it is nice that our children would learn to speak or use other traditions and dialects. Acquiring a second language like English is not difficult for a child to learn. We cannot tell them not to learn or speak English at home while they are studying in an English school. I've learned that children who learned or using a second language at home score higher on verbal standardized test conducted in English. They also perform better in math and logic skills,more creative and better solving complex problems than children with just one language.

I would let my child learn the native language it cant hurt. The old saying when in Rome do a do as the Romands do. I think that language is a barrier naturally if my child could learn it Id let them.