Oh the things people do, do get what they want!
One of the things we've been worrying a lot about, is the lack of Hindi language skills in our children.
They can understand but won't speak. The little one was speaking a good amount of Hindi when the grandparents were around, only to revert to English under his parents.
In our most recent visit to India, we realized that DD cannot really communicate with her cousins in Hindi. By the end of the trip, her cousins started speaking in English, but DD wasn't really doing anything to improve her Hindi.
Enter, the carrot.
DD's been on us for months now, asking for a phone. We've been pretty reluctant for obvious reasons. So the husband used this as an opportunity.
The deal is that she needs to speak in Hindi for 3 continuous months, and only in Hindi, with us and those who understand the language, and she will receive a phone!
Nothing has ever worked before, but it's been a month now and DD is still talking in Hindi, not using any English words. In fact, we've had to look up words in Hindi to be able to translate it to her.
We've never said "Welcome" to anyone in Hindi. What is the response to "Thank you?" "Swagatam?"
We're learning with her, and it's been very insightful and fun so far.
Let's see where this takes us - onward and more fluent?
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