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I was raised to be bilingual (French and English) and even though I hated it growing up, I appreciate it now.

My afather spoke English and French and my amother only English. Therefore we only spoke English at home. I started school at 5 years old and went to an all French school (no English allowed, even at recess!) We eventually took English classes, around grade 5. I ended up having poor grammar skills in both languages.

My partner and I have just adopted a little boy, and we are planning to raise him to be bilingual. My partner does not speak French, so it is very much like my situation growing up.