this is a serious topic, i guess. i, for one, have given it thoughts time and again. ideally, i would want my kids to be able to speak both nepali and english fluently in native accents. it would be bizarre and awful feeling for parents to hear your kid speaking nepali like an american would perhaps speak when taught to speak nepali. i would not want that (ideally). so here is what i am planning. 1) after my kids are 2 ish years old, i will send them to nepal and enroll them in a nepalese school. primary education in US is not one of the best in the world anyways. and looking at the math disabilty of american kids, i would rather not send them to american schools. i don't want my kids to use calculator/computer for simple arithmetics. 2) i will bring them back to US for high schooling (after/at grade 8). that will give them umpteen time to catch up with the american culture and accent and not forget nepali and native accent as well. i think this is the best solution that i can think of at the moment. i have seen kids born and raised here. no matter how educated and concerned their parents are over teaching their kids to speak both english and nepali seamlessly, 9/10 times they fail to learn "thet" nepali. i don't want that and don't want to take a risk either. Please feel free to argue who disagree with my points. Coz i am not experienced in this. LooTe