How do you raise multi-lingual kids?

Hi Silverglint, I'm not sure about this, but I think if they are exposed to a multi-lingual environment, they can pick up very fast. The grammar and other stuff can come later. We speak English with my nephews and niece since their birth. They learn some Chinese dialects from my parents,and my sister's in-laws; and my sister would start speaking some Mandarin with them. Now that my nephews are in school / kindergarten, they learn to speak Mandarin and Malay. They learn very fast - I think kids are better than adults!

my kids were born and raised here in manila, so from birth i only used english and spanish...since they are in a filipino speaking country, i figured, they'll learn tagalog eventually anyway. i even required english speaking "yayas" and i eventually taught them spanish. however, they had a vary hard time coping at school since we have several tagalog subjects. they knew nothing of tagalog whatsoever...i had to enroll them in non-filipino speaking classes that cost me a fortune....but we lived....however, when we moved to california, i used spanish and tagalog...since we were in an english speaking country, i figured they will use it all the time anyway....so they got to learn and practice tagalog then....back in manila, they are now fluent in all 3 languages. people say kids adapt and learn easilly...so i guess you start early...goodluck!