Proud Mommy

I have always said that I have the brightest kids. All parents say that, I know. My son Enrique is 6, he is in first grade and so far he has brought home a few certificates. At the beginning of the year his teacher wasn't happy with him being in her class because she is a bilingual teacher. Most of the work they do is in Spanish and Enriquito took kinder in English. The Principal and his teacher thought that he wasn't going to be capable of keeping up with everyone else. They wanted him out of her class, but I wanted him to be in bilingual so, I stud up and they had to keep him in her class. To their surprise he was student of the month for September. He has perfect attendance and he came home yesterday with a principal award. I know many kids get all this recognitions too, but I still thing my boy is the best. I felt sad yesterday for not attending to his awards assembly, I didn't know they were having one. I told him I was sorry I didn't make it to his assembly and he said "it's ok mamy, you can come to the next one." I know they will be many others to come and I'm glad he knows that too.
It is very important for my husband and I that our kids learn both languages and that they do it well. I know many parents that say that they don't want to make learning harder for their kids and that's why they only have them learning in English. I respect their ideas, but I think it doesn't matter how much you know but how well you know it. Many know how to speak Spanish, but can they read and write it? I know it is a little more challenging but it wont hurt. I did it and I was old when I started on my second language. I can't deny such privilege to my kids. Therefore, we have decided to have our children learn as many languages as they want and we are starting with English and Spanish. We have to make sure they learn them well; that means they need to know how to speak, read and write in both languages.