Question Hi, we are a German-American couple with two kids (4.5 and 2). We've been pretty successful with being a bilingual family so far. Our older son is fluent in German and English. The younger one is just starting to speak, but already understands both languages...
Question Hello! I would love to get some advice from someone in the same situation because it has been a little bit messy at home. We have a one-year-old, we live in Ireland but his daddy is Turkish and I’m Spanish. I speak with him in Spanish, his daddy speaks with...
Question Dear Rita, It is with great pleasure that I read every one of your blog entries. I wasn't brought up bilingual, but throughout education I have become fluent in four languages (and have passive knowledge of two more as well as two "dead" languages); as it...
Question Hello, I would like your advice on what language to speak to my son. I am bilingual (English and Greek) and my husband is Greek and we were brought up in Greece. We have decided from the beginning that I would only speak English to our son and my husband...
Question Hello! We moved as an English speaking family to Spain when my daughter was one, at the time none of us could speak Spanish and it was pretty hard. We naturally spoke English in the house and we still do. My daughter did not speak in sentences until...
Question Dear Multilingual Parenting, I have been following your Facebook page for a while and I have really enjoyed the articles that you post. I may not have read all of them, but I have saved most for later when I find time. I am contacting you to seek some advice...
Question Dear Rita, My French husband recently passed away and our 2,5-year-old boy is now not exposed to the French language anymore unfortunately. I am Dutch and we live in the Netherlands. The family of my husband lives in France and therefore I find it very...
Question Dear Rita, Our family is an international family, I'm from Hungary, my husband is from Italy. My son was born in the USA, and our two girls were born in Germany, but we have moved a lot. My son is nine, he speaks Hungarian (not fluent), Italian (let's say...
Question 1 Hi, I found your website and thought perhaps you could help/advise. I am pregnant with my first child and my husband and I are already thinking about what languages to speak after the baby is born. I am English, and I grew up in France so I have two mother...
Question 1 Dear Coaches, First of all, thanks for what you're doing, that's really useful for people like me. I have two twins, boy and girl, they are 16 months old, I'm Italian and my wife is Russian, so far we are using the one parent one language approach, it seems...