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Billionaires and royals are rushing to teach their kids Mandarin
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Learning a second language has been proven to offer a swath of
cognitive, health, and educational benefits. It improves brain
development, can protect against dementia, and help with
attention span.
And Mandarin seems to be the hot language at the moment, with
some high-profile wealthy families starting to push the language
to their kids at a young age.
Chinese is the language with the most native speakers in the
world with about 1.2 billion. There are two main dialects
that make up the Chinese language - Mandarin and Cantonese - and
1 billion of the total speak Mandarin. The sheer size alone means
the language will continue to be important for business in the
future.
Read on below to see some of the wealthy families who have spoken
publicly about teaching their kids Mandarin.
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie have four kids
and have experimented with many different subjects to educate
their children.
"We tried all sorts of things ... including off-season
travel, kitchen-science experiments, chicken incubation, Mandarin
lessons, the Singapore math program, and lots of clubs and sports
with other neighborhood kids," MacKenzie told
Vogue.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
picked up Mandarin a few years ago, and improved so much, he was
able to do a 30-minute question and answer session in the
language. His wife, Priscilla Chan, is the daughter of Chinese
refugees who fled Vietnam. She speaks fluent Cantonese.
The couple have already introduced Mandarin into the house
for their daughter Max. Zuckerberg uploaded a
video on Facebook that showed his AI personal assistant
teaching Max to speak Mandarin.
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have three children and hired a
Mandarin-speaking nanny to help bring the language to their home.
Their oldest daughter Arabella, 5, displayed her language
skills by singing the Chinese "Happy New Year" song in Mandarin earlier in
2017.
Prince William and Kate Middleton
The royal couple have two children and a third on the way. Their
oldest son, Prince George, 4, began his first day of school at
Thomas' Battersea in London. The school will teach Prince George
Mandarin.
But he's not the only one who has picked up some Mandarin
phrases. Prince William
wished China a happy new year in Mandarin a few years ago.
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