Are your raising your children to be bilingual?
By ModelMom
@ModelMom (129)
United States
December 11, 2006 6:37pm CST
I am. I speak Spanish fluently since I was brought up in a bilingual home & my husband speaks to our son in English. So far he understands both languages perfectly (he is almost 2 1/2) although I have noticed that it is taking him longer to speak in full sentences than his monolingual friends. But I am fine with this since the benefits of speaking multiple languages far outweighs the fact that he is taking his time speaking now.
1 response
@pagli84 (1850)
• Netherlands
12 Dec 06
that's great that you're raising him to be bilingual. i dont have any kids yet, but when i do have them they will definitely learn multiple languages. i want them to at least learn english, dari, and pashto. i guess they'll also have to learn whatever my husband speaks and the language of the country we're living in. i know its going to be really difficult with all those languages in the house, but i think it's possible.
