Spanish Archives – Multilingual Parenting

Q&A: How can a single parent raise a bilingual and bicultural child?

Question Hello! I’m expecting my first child in February. I’m going to be a single parent – my son’s father is Mexican and I’m white. My son’s father will not be in his life whatsoever, but I want my son to know his culture and know who he is on the inside. I want him...

Q&A: How to support a child’s minority language which you are not fluent in?

Question Hi! My question might be a bit complicated. I have a 17-month-old daughter. I speak Hungarian to her, my husband speaks Spanish and we speak in English with each other. We currently live in Hungary and the main language of the community is Hungarian....

Q&A: “Am I a poor parent for not speaking the minority language with our child?”

Question Hello I have question and maybe this may seem silly, but do you think that the fact that parents who don’t teach or raise their kids as native bilinguals are “poor parents”? My son is 7. He speaks predominantly English at home but can communicate a...

Multilingual Family with Polish, English, Spanish and ASL in the USA

Welcome the first part of an exciting new series 'Multilingual Family', where I interview families from different parts of the world. I have the pleasure to introduce you to the lovely family of Karolina, Oscar and their 2-year-old, gorgeous daughter Natalia. They...

Q&A: How can monolingual parents keep up with their bilingual children?

Question Hello! My husband and I are both monolingual English speakers living in the southern United States. When our daughter was born, we fell in love with a Spanish-Immersion daycare in our area and our daughter has attended full-time since 14 months old (she is...

We try to make the advice on our website www.multilingualparenting.com as useful and reliable as possible. However, the purpose is to provide parents and carers with general guidance and useful tips only. It doesn’t necessarily deal with every important topic or cover every aspect of the topics with which it deals and might not be relevant or appropriate in all circumstances. It is not designed to provide medical advice and should not be relied on as such. The offered advice is for general information and should never be used as a substitute for taking medical advice for specific conditions. Please consult your paediatrician or therapist with such queries. To the extent permitted by law, we accept no responsibility (including loss, damage or injury) for your use of the advice on our website. For further details please refer to our Terms of Service.

Spanish

Q&A: How can a single parent raise a bilingual and bicultural child?

Q&A: How to support a child’s minority language which you are not fluent in?

Q&A: “Am I a poor parent for not speaking the minority language with our child?”

Multilingual Family with Polish, English, Spanish and ASL in the USA

Q&A: How can monolingual parents keep up with their bilingual children?

Amazon disclosure

Disclaimer