Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages on the planet. I have lived over half my life in Norway and my children have lived all their life here it wo

Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages on the planet. I have lived over half my life in Norway and my children have lived all their life here it would never have occurred to me to bring them up monolingual in Norwegian. I was going to write "Why on earth did they not speak it to her?" but of course it is quite likely that there were perfectly good reasons in the time and place. And I know it isn't quite as simple because my language is English but I think the point still stands that she was ill served by the decision to not speak Spanish at home. Not only because she can't speak to her grandparents but also because she cannot experience Spanish culture quite as directly as she might have.