Chinese dialects will be lost

A Malaysian couple lives here, and they have a five year old boy. The lady speaks Mandarin with me, and speaks Cantonese (another Chinese dialect) with her boy while he is playing. 

A part of our conversation: 

She said, he only speaks in English, I don’t know what to do. 

I said to her, try speaking Mandarin to him, so he knows more than one language.  Kids learn fast. 

She said, I think they have a place to learn Mandarin if they want to in the future, but not Cantonese. So, I force him to speak it sometimes. 

She is right. Our Chinese dialects will gradually be lost from generation to generation. 

                               

我與其中一對馬來西亞人有五歲男孩的母親交談，我們用華語邊談，她用廣東話邊與孩子的行為對應。
有一段話是: 
她說，我的孩子跟我講英文，真沒辦法。
我說，跟他說華語，小孩的學習很強，多一種語言最好。
她說，華語將來還有得學，但是廣東話就沒得學，所以有時迫他講。

她說得對。我們的方言已漸漸一代一代的流失！