Woman Doesn't Want Her Husband To Teach Their Future Baby Spanish Because "He Is An American And Not Even Spanish"
She wants to deny her baby the opportunity to learn an important language that could help her in the future.
Lately, more and more people of all ages and backgrounds are becoming interested in learning new languages, and the advantages that come with being bilingual are becoming more evident than ever. More than half of the world’s population is already bilingual or multilingual, and it's never too late to join the club and benefit from bilingualism.
Nothing keeps your brain healthy and sharp like learning a new language; it guarantees that you will constantly be exposed to different customs, ideas, and ways of life from completely different cultures. It helps improve a person's problem-solving, multitasking skills, attention control, and creativity, considering how it rewards outside-the-box thinking.
A study published by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that by 20 months, bilingual babies already become aware of the differences between words in different languages. They understand that two words from two different languages are just two versions of the same thing, and they can tell that some words belong to other languages.
Reddit user u/justonepleasee made a post on r/AmItheA**hole where she asked the community whether she's in the wrong for "not wanting [her] (29F) husband (31M) to teach [their] future baby Spanish." The user received a lot of different reactions from Reddit users.
Here's the original Reddit post by u/justonepleasee:
RedditThe wife is claiming that her husband has no reason to teach their baby Spanish because "He's American and not even Spanish"
RedditHere's how the Reddit community reacted to u/justonepleasee's post:
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It's even more motivation to actually learn the language too.
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He lived there long enough to be attached to the country.
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She is simply too lazy to learn.
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You could tell she has a dislike for the language itself.
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She does not want her daughter to have an advantage in life.
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You can tell from that comment that she dislikes Spanish.
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Many languages are spoken in America, not just English.
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She created a problem out of nothing.
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It would never get to that point.
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Babies are experts at learning languages; it's very natural for them.
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She is unwilling to learn the language herself, so she made up all these excuses.
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This user gave an example with his bilingual 2-year-old daughter.
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She could easily learn through her husband and future baby.
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This user provided an example that proves why it's always good when your baby is bilingual.
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She's denying that entire side of her husband.
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Learning languages as an adult is definitely much harder.
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Discovering that about your wife is a huge red flag.
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Spanish is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world.
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Denying your child the opportunity to learn a language that is spoken by more than 450 million people in the world is truly a crime. OP is denying her daughter an advantage that could help her quite a lot throughout life.
It's evident that OP has a personal dislike of the Spanish language, considering how she disregarded the millions of people who speak Spanish in the United States. I hope the husband will teach his daughter Spanish despite OP's disagreement.
Otherwise, it would be a huge loss for all of them, but especially for the daughter.
