For those of you who have children, do you speak to them in Nepali or English? Even though I grew up here, my parents never spoke to me in English and I hate it when others speak to their kids in English. I know I am not going to speak to my kids in English.

well,
i know sending kids away is not at all that easy. especially mothers will not agree with the idea at all. so i have a back up plan! :P. why not send both mother and kids back home in nepal for a couple of years. i know it would be difficult for father a lot. but...

well let's see. i mean i know its not worth to be ambitious sometimes. i want my kids to master both languages (eng and nep) as anything. he/she should be able to write a peom in nepali and a poetry in english :P. but yes, as sajhauser said, parents can work hard to teach their kids learn to read/speak and write nepali. but then that would just be for "kaamchalau" purpose.

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what do i know (sorry thapap, but this time i really don't know well (O:)

"why not send both mother and kids back home in nepal for a couple of years. i know it would be difficult for father a lot"

OMG, i can already imagine what kind of father and a husband are you going to be !!!

its not hard like hell to teach your kids nepali when you're pure nepali and you yourself grew up into nepali culture!! uffffff!

loks like loots wants his kid to be a lekhak, whatever you call for a nepali writer/poet! its okay with me as long as my child speaks and understands nepali! then i wudnt care if hes comfortable with english or nepali!

My thoughts on this:

Set up a nepali period in the evening and few hours during the weekends. During this time, teach the kids nepali, reading and writing. Once they start reading, get them books to read and a dictionary. Talk to them in nepali.

Many US college students have good spanish speaking skills after taking few years in highschool and college. So I think it is possible to teach them nepali.

As far as proficiency goes, I don't think they will be proficient as you are. Don't you think that after studying and working in US for several years you are able to put your point across if you spoke or wrote in English than in Nepali?

Many parents speak to the kids in English because it is easier for them and the kids. They don't have patience to make them understand what each nepali word means. So I think if you have will and patience, your kids will speak in nepali to some extent.

Start teaching your kids chinese, there's a good chance that China will experience outsourcing to the US pretty soon.