I'm not the parent but while you are correct that it is the same, I would not overlook the order of magnitude of difference in effort required either. If you we

I'm not the parent but while you are correct that it is the same, I would not overlook the order of magnitude of difference in effort required either. If you were learning Mandarin instead of Spanish for instance, the process would be the same but everything would take ~4x as long, and based on the attrition rates I've seen from English->Chinese learning, you'd be more likely to quit before being able to read a 3rd grade passage.