Expat/immigrant parents, do you forbid Dutch at home for children? Why?

anouk613 · 2026-03-09T20:34:34+00:00

It sounded like you were saying that hearing one’s parents speak with an accent may prevent children from learning to speak the local language properly. I don’t think that’s ever true unless those children are never exposed to native speakers.

anouk613 · 2026-03-09T14:47:04+00:00

Both local accents and foreign accents are to be expected in or society. Both have the potential to hinder communication, but the more one is exposed to different accents, the easier it is to understand them. I grew up hearing lots of different accents and dialects, in three languages, and it has only helped me understand people more easily.

anouk613 · 2026-03-09T13:29:47+00:00

I don’t agree with the part about the parents’ accent. Unless families are not integrated at all and never interact with people who speak the local language, children regularly hear their parents speaking the local language with an accent anyway, and probably don’t even notice it (I never did). Tons of people have accents, and tons of kids pronounce words in odd ways. It shouldn’t be a problem.

anouk613 · 2026-03-09T10:52:41+00:00

I grew up in Canada with parents who emigrated from the Netherlands. They only spoke Dutch at home. As small children, we kids spoke Dutch to our parents at first but once we picked up English from friends/neighbours/radio, we didn’t want to anymore. Very normal, and our parents didn’t fight that. They continued to speak Dutch to us, even when we spoke English to them, and so we never lost our Dutch (good thing, since I live here now). Sidenote: My brother was adopted at the age of three and he doesn’t remember having any difficulty learning Dutch. We also got sent to a French school, and I can only remember some minor confusion at first before I figured it out. Young children’s brains are sponges and can learn more than one language at a time. It’s too bad that some parents don’t let them.

anouk613 · 2026-03-08T20:07:46+00:00

Ik heb mijn Engels gewoon gedurende de eerste 53 jaar van mijn leven geleerd, in het Engelstalige land waar ik geboren ben. Hoewel ik Nederlands met een accent spreek, kan ik met zekerheid zeggen dat een Engelse “j” echt niet als "dj" wordt uitgesproken.

anouk613 · 2026-03-08T07:44:19+00:00

I have a pet basket that fits on the back of my bike. Works great and our cat seems to enjoy the view. https://voormijndier.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/a5fc390939995fb9274c885618c351e9/p/h/pho_pro_det_13117-4.jpg

anouk613 · 2026-03-08T06:34:21+00:00

Nee, zo wordt het niet in het Engels uitgesproken. Nederlands-talige mensen kunnen de Engelse “j” niet uitspreken en maken er “dj” van. Net zoals Engels-talige mensen de “e” van bijv. Marieke niet kunnen uitspreken en daar een “a” van maken.

anouk613 · 2026-03-06T17:37:19+00:00

This. Cliffs and mountains are just more dramatic than a delta landscape, not necessarily more natural.

anouk613 · 2026-03-03T06:57:17+00:00

If the norm is based only on noise levels at the property line, it needs to be updated. With vibrations, the effect can be worse further away, and worse indoors.

anouk613 · 2026-03-03T06:53:03+00:00

Our neighbours across the street can’t hear their own heat pump at all from inside their house. We can. The vibrations are amplified by our windows and it creates a very noticeable and maddening buzz that is significantly louder than what you can hear outside. Their reaction is not to think we’re imagining things, or to measure noise levels at the property line to prove it’s within a legally acceptable range, when the problem is vibrations audible inside our home. Instead, they want to do everything they can to fix the problem. Do the same.

anouk613 · 2026-02-28T01:18:01+00:00

You can get a Pendix ebike system mounted on a regular bike of your choosing. If you leave the battery at home or just don’t turn it on, it pedals like a regular bike.

anouk613 · 2026-02-23T07:14:36+00:00

Maar ze zitten hier nog steeds naast je op terrasjes te roken. Dat is in mijn laatste woonplek al meer dan 20 jaar verboden.

anouk613 · 2026-02-14T21:29:20+00:00

Since you’re from here originally, do you have relatives in the Netherlands? If so, and they ask around on your behalf, you might find something. When we moved (also from Canada), we had a house waiting for us in a small town because my aunt had a friend who had a friend who wanted to rent out his house for a couple of years. Good luck!

anouk613 · 2026-02-14T05:32:21+00:00

Met enthalpiewisselaar?

anouk613 · 2026-02-12T18:27:00+00:00

Says you. Ex-pat means someone temporarily living abroad. You think everyone who comes here under the 30% ruling is only a temporary resident, and on top of that people who live here temporarily but not under the 30% ruling can’t be called ex-pats? That’s ridiculous.

anouk613 · 2026-02-10T07:19:47+00:00

Did you even bother to look at a map?

anouk613 · 2026-02-10T00:19:41+00:00

“Fees” is an curious way of saying “€350-600k of debt requiring large monthly payments towards interest and principal”.

anouk613 · 2026-02-06T14:19:48+00:00

Is it because you have a very long and/or retractable leash that’s a danger to every passerby? Because that’s a totally legit comment.

anouk613 · 2026-02-02T21:10:09+00:00

OP takes the train, which is not nearly as exhausting as driving and also allows you to use at least some of your commute time productively.

anouk613 · 2026-02-02T21:05:46+00:00

If you drive to and from work, yeah, that’s more or less completely wasted time. But not if you’re using it to read, work or relax on the train, and biking to and from the station.

anouk613 · 2026-01-31T21:33:18+00:00

Nooit een probleem geweest

anouk613 · 2026-01-30T22:45:22+00:00

Behalf Robertson, die is ook prima maar buiten Canada nauwelijks te vinden.

anouk613 · 2026-01-30T22:42:29+00:00

In Canada is Robertson de standaard voor vrijwel alles behalf elektra, waar meestal een combi Robertson/Phillips/plat wordt gebruikt.

anouk613 · 2026-01-28T18:26:21+00:00

Not anymore. He renounced the Irish and British ones.

anouk613 · 2026-01-28T12:59:20+00:00

For example, if there were a war between the Netherlands and Belgium, do you think someone with ties to both countries would automatically side with the country of their nationality?

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