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Q&A: How to choose the languages for a baby in a multilingual family?

Q&A: How to choose the languages for a baby in a multilingual family?

by Rita Rosenback | Oct 28, 2018 | Babies, Non-native language, Q&A The trilingual+ child, Rita R, School-aged children

  Question Dear Family Language Coaches, I have a question about raising our first born (due in two months) multi-lingual which I was hoping you could kindly help us with. My wife is Ukrainian and speaks Russian (native) and English (not fully fluent, but quite...

Grandparents as language support for bilingual children

Grandparents as language support for bilingual children

by Rita | Feb 8, 2017 | Grandparents, How to motivate a bilingual / multilingual child to speak a family language

As parents raising bilingual children we know how important it is to give our kids as varied an exposure to their languages as possible. This becomes even more crucial if we are passing on a minority language. Building a network of people who can support us in this...

Q&A: Bilingual siblings and their language preferences

Q&A: Bilingual siblings and their language preferences

by Rita Rosenback | Mar 3, 2016 | Babies, Challenges, Coaches, Family life, Rita R, Siblings

Question Hello, I am Franco-Mexican and my husband is Dutch. We have two daughters and live in the Netherlands. I only speak Spanish to them, my husband only Dutch, and together we speak English. This works perfectly for us, they don't mix up, but... lately my oldest...

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