Teaching Conlang to children (Fwd: Lunatic Survey)

/Joe Mondello wrote:

>Wherein is its "sexiness"?  Its spirituality?  its sensuality?  What keeps
> >you at it?  How does it benefit you?  Does it harm you?  heal you?
> This is a difficult question to answer.  I was once workinon a harsh, germanic
> language and speaking out loud had an enormous 'sexiness', i suppose, to me.
> I think my eventual goal is to have my kids learn Siniuz [or whatever Siniuz
> is if and when I ever have children].   I want it to spin out of my control
> and take a life of its own and be marked by the hands of other speakers.
I wonder how many conlangers have tried/succeeded to teach their conlang
to their children? I have a 2 1/2 year-old son who already shows a real
skill for languages. However, we're already bringing him up bilingual
(Hebrew from his mother and English from me), and he gets quite a bit of
Arabic, too, so I haven't wanted to burden him with Tesk, too (my
conlang). Apart from an occasional comment I can't resist, that is ( eg
slapna = off to sleep, now!).

        Shaul Vardi