Question I am an Arabic speaking mom of a 2 year old. I left my country a year ago (when my son was 1) and moved to Turkey. Because I had to work I had to send my son to a daycare (all the staff was Turkish-speaking) and he spent about nine hours there. My son hasn't...
Q&A: I am not a native speaker, can I teach my daughter French and help her become bilingual?
Question My husband and I are both native English, but we're trying to bring up our daughter bilingual (French). I speak French (BA Honours degree), although my French is by no means perfect. She's now 16 months old, and I've spoken French to her since she was born....
Q&A: Should we drop a language?
Question Our first son learnt to speak both of our family languages really early, but our younger son is taking a much longer time. Our family doctor told us that it is because he hears us speak different languages and that we should only stick to one language to...
Bilingual parents – what to do if you are told to drop a language?
This is post I wish I wouldn’t have to write, and I had hoped advising parents to stick to only one language would be a thing of the past. But it isn’t. Only last week I was contacted by two worried parents from different parts of the world who had been told that...

