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Old 08.09.2011, 13:33
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Re: daughter only - predominantly - speaking swiss german

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Lately he's heard a few words in school in German that he doesn't get and asks me what they are in English. Unfortunately he'd never heard the words in English before either and gets frustrated that neither language can help him understand something.
Yes we have similiar issues.
For example recently with my 3 yr old we had to do a time out step session (for punching her sister who is 11 months). She did the time out and at the end I did the whole "do you understand why mammy put you in time out....we dont hit eachother....can you say sorry to your sister etc."
She muttered something and I said "please say sorry" this went on a while when I realized she was saying "entshuldigung" ie Sorry in German.
I felt terrible that I hadnt accepted it the first time and just moved on.
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