From preschool through 3rd grade, he attended a Swedish school with a focus on English within the tolerances allowed by the Swedish school system. Since the 4th grade he has attended an all-English school where the overwhelming majority are children of diplomats and expatriates or "expats" from around the world. For us, it is natural that he speaks English with all his friends, both those at school and online.
Young master Dewlar has a pain in one of his legs so I had booked a doctor's appointment. Since my "baby" is 16 years old, the doctor addressed his questions directly to the offspring. Junior did not know the words in Swedish to answer the doctor's questions about the pain, so he asked to speak English.
It was the first time I understood that the offspring does not have a fully functioning Swedish language, although he can speak Swedish without a broken accent. We did not anticipate that our goal for Junior to speak English fluently would come at the expense of the Swedish language.
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