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As an immigrant, this way, I prevented language problems for me and my kids
When I immigrated to Israel, my Hebrew was practically non-existent. Hebrew prayers I could read but barely understand and were pronounced very different from the modern Hebrew most people in Israel speak.
I shored up my new local lingo as well as I could but did not succeed very much. It took years. Meanwhile, my kids were born. What to speak to them? These are the ideas that guided me. My Dutch experiences likely much resemble what immigrants from other countries go through.