MrsW
Brazilian expat in the USA
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About me
Brazilian
Lives in Indiana
Speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish
Registration: 05 October 2015
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Raising bilingual children by MrsW
Hi all, I'm about to become a mother and I will raise my son in Portuguese and English because his father is a native English speaker and because I want him to be able to communicate with both sides of the families. I am just now starting to ...
Hi guys! My son was born and is almost 2 months and I speak English with him (I'm a native Portuguese speaker) because my husband is American and because of that idea that James was talking about - the enough exposure to Portuguese with the ... Read More
Raising bilingual children by MrsW
Hi all, I'm about to become a mother and I will raise my son in Portuguese and English because his father is a native English speaker and because I want him to be able to communicate with both sides of the families. I am just now starting to ...
So you think that I should speak with my son also in English? I have no problems doing that but I thought, by reading it somewhere, that I should speak to him in Portuguese and my husband in English. To me it's even better because I can keep my ... Read More
Raising bilingual children
Hi all, I'm about to become a mother and I will raise my son in Portuguese and English because his father is a native English speaker and because I want him to be able to communicate with both sides of the families. I am just now starting to ... Read More
Moving to Brazil with kids by Priscilla
Hi, Moving abroad is an adventure for both parents and children: settling overseas is a challenge for each family member. How was the move to Brazil for your kids? How did they manage to adapt to their new environment? Share with us ...
Thank you very much for the tips James, you are beyond helpful in this blog and I appreciate your dedication. That's a great point about the media and the homeschooling in english. I surely want my son to be bilingual and I think that could be a ... Read More
Moving to Brazil with kids by Priscilla
Hi, Moving abroad is an adventure for both parents and children: settling overseas is a challenge for each family member. How was the move to Brazil for your kids? How did they manage to adapt to their new environment? Share with us ...
Hi James, I know, I'm actually Brazilian so I'm well aware of the education system and the type of conditions that those public schools have. I was living in the USA and I had to comeback to Brazil and I'm actually pregnant and this is ... Read More
Moving to Brazil with kids by Priscilla
Hi, Moving abroad is an adventure for both parents and children: settling overseas is a challenge for each family member. How was the move to Brazil for your kids? How did they manage to adapt to their new environment? Share with us ...
Hi James, The homeschooling idea sounds good because the public schools are simply terrible and teacher have strikes all the time, the children miss weeks sometimes months of classes and the facilities are also terrible. So preferably it's ... Read More
About the prices of giving birth in Brazil by SweetGirl1900
Hello everybody, Well , I'll say what I want to say directly. Actually I'm really shocked :o I'm pregnant and coming to Brazil in September due to my husband's work and my due date in November. I contacted some well known hospitals ...
Hi, I don't know if you figured out your situation yet, but I'm pregnant and living in Florianopolis too and I'm from Brazil. I'm coming from the U.S. and I'll give birth here. I see that you live in florianopolis now and ... Read More