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> As a parent I decided that they would only consume non-English media, since we live in an English speaking country. Do you fear the cultural repercussions of
by kodablah 8y ago
> As a parent I decided that they would only consume non-English media, since we live in an English speaking country.
Do you fear the cultural repercussions of this stance just to increase fluency? For its faults, media and culture are closely aligned and I would be worried that this is then artificially removing local culture by requiring only media from other languages.
- spraak 8y agoI think we get plenty local culture as I don't believe that media is a critical component of culture, though I do recognize the benefits and in that regard I think that in the near future my child will likely ask to watch things in English. So far they don't feel left out from mainstream kids movies, because we still watch them (just dubbed but e.g. we watched Moana in English). Additionally the cultural aspect is a big component that they're missing from only consuming media and not interacting with the people directly, so we'll do some traveling to incorporate that into the curriculum.