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Russia has intensified its disinformation campaign also in Poland with one goal being to undermine Polish support for Ukraine.
I can only assume that this post is part of this campaign. Shines a bad light on Poland, suggests (falsely) that Poland's willingness to support Ukraine decreases.
I believe it’s equally important to speak the language of the region you inhabit in your private life so that you and your family become proficient, as well as speaking literally any other language so you and your family remain at least bilingual. That is - don’t just practice the regional language outside the home, and don’t give up your native tongue.
Butting into a conversation with a 4 year old and being violent is absolutely not ok unless the 4 year old is being abused. wtf is wrong with people.
The key to becoming bilingual is consistency. Kids quickly settle on one language if they catch on that everyone in their sphere speak it. Therefore it helps a lot to have certain people in their lives exclusively speak the minority language around them. Otherwise they'll soon stop speaking the other language.
Also, it's important that kids overhear adults conversing in both languages. If all conversation only happens between adults and children, they are in my experience a lot less likely to want to speak that language, and they also miss out on a lot of vocabulary. Reading books helps with the latter, but not the former.
If this kid is growing up in Poland, they will inevitably learn Polish. The parents don't need to, and also shouldn't, be the ones teaching the child polish. That job is best left to native Polish speakers. This will ensure that the child learns both languages well. There's no point in the child learning how to speak polish with a heavy Ukrainian accent.
What a pathetic excuse to assault a family.
What's positive that incident like that is still news. When things really go to shit they don't write about those anymore.