Re: Disturbing trend: 'Mujhey urdu parhni nahi aati !'
Personally i believe that someone' who's been living in pakistan will still have better Urdu than someone whos lived their life abroad only b/c of the greater exposure they have to it....
What i see here is that many parents will speak Urdu with their children, even if the parents were born and raised in US, because they realize that their children will have so much exposure to English in school, so they want to expose their children to as much Urdu as possible. I've seen this in my family, in my in-laws and my freinds who have children, and even though i knw my urdu isn't so great, at least I'm not ashamed of speaking it with adults...
I'm guessing that parents in pak have the same reasoning when they speak English with their kids? Is there any truth to that or am i simplifying it too much?