Bilingual children and long-distance family relationships
Many bilingual children have at least one side of their extended family living fairly far away, often on the “other side of the world”. Visits are possible perhaps only once a year, or even more seldom if at all, so it is essential to find other ways to connect....
Q&A: Is it too late to teach my children my native language?
Question Hello, I am so glad I found this website, I just realized I did a big disservice to my kids. I am Italian, live in the States, my husband is American, both of our kids were born and raised here, I have lived here for 12 years now. In the beginning I was...
Q&A: Teaching a possibly dyslexic child to read and write in the minority language.
Question I am a Swedish national living in the UK with my husband and 10-year-old daughter. The main language we speak at home is English, and Swedish is the minority language. My husband does not speak Swedish, whereas our daughter speaks it more or less fluently,...
Guest post: Social media platforms and apps for bilingual older children and teens
It gives me great pleasure to welcome today’s guest blogger, Amy Williams, a free-lance journalist based in Southern California and mother of two. As a parent, Amy enjoys spreading the word on positive parenting techniques in the digital age and raising...
4 reasons why your bilingual child answers in the “wrong” language
Getting an answer in the “wrong” language is something which especially minority language parents dread, and which gives rise to question such as: – Is it the start of a slippery slope which may end in the majority language taking over as the language of...Newsletter
