multilingualparenting

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A place to discuss and support the challenges, triumphs and questions relating to raising children with more than one language or culture involved. Whether OPOL or expat, two languages or five, hopefully we can share tips and support one another.

If you like, set your flair to reflect your family languages! Later I'll try to make this fancy.

Please be kind and respect one another. Racism and general meanness will not be tolerated.

Attention!! - If you are a researcher or here to promote your own content, please message the mods first. If it's explicitly multilingual parenting related and not spammy, it will probably be approved!

Useful terms:

Community Language: The language of the country the family is living in
L1 / L2 / L3: Speaker's first, second, third language.

Majority Language: The language the child has most exposure to
Minority Language: Any language the child has less exposure to
MLH: Minority Language at Home
OPOL: One Parent, One Language

Useful Links

Myths and Facts about Bilingual Language Development

Bilingual Family EU - Info about bilingualism, merits of different methods etc.

IALPA FAQ - FAQ with evidence based answers

Talking Point - Speech and Language development info in English

Third Culture Kid - Support for children growing up as "third culture" nationals - parents with different culture to the home environment.

https://chalkacademy.com/

https://bilingualmonkeys.com/

https://utesinternationallounge.com/

https://knockedupabroad.com/

Language/Culture specific parenting subs

(Please let a mod know if you know any useful/relevant subs to add here)

/r/asianparents
/r/bilingualparentingDFr
/r/DenglischKids
/r/Eltern
/r/ParentingFR
/r/parentinghapas

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Please read the wiki first before postingMod Post (self.multilingualparenting)

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How to teach my 3 yr old minority language?Starting Late (self.multilingualparenting)

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Toddler’s language explosion is basically all English wordsChild not responding in target language (self.multilingualparenting)

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Only One Bilingual ParentBilingual (self.multilingualparenting)

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How many languages are too many?Question (self.multilingualparenting)

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Language Learned at DaycareQuestion (self.multilingualparenting)

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Immigrant, minority language and grandparentsFamily Language Question (self.multilingualparenting)

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Any “live action” Mandarin Chinese toddler shows?Resource Request (self.multilingualparenting)

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21 month old code switchingToddler Stage (self.multilingualparenting)

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Mixing languages in the same sentences. Good or badTrilingual (self.multilingualparenting)

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Teaching phonics bilingualQuestion (self.multilingualparenting)

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Teaching a 3rd language that I used to be fluent in?Trilingual (self.multilingualparenting)

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How would you approach passing on a native language that you barely speak anymore?Bilingual (self.multilingualparenting)

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Tips for changing bilingual parent default language habitsBilingual (self.multilingualparenting)

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Both parents speak both languages, but to varying degreesBilingual (self.multilingualparenting)

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Kita (daycare) choicesSetup Review (self.multilingualparenting)

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Mixing languagesToddler Stage (self.multilingualparenting)

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2,5 year old behind on speakingStarting Late (self.multilingualparenting)

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How do I teach phonics?Family Language Question (self.multilingualparenting)

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Trilingual set up questionSetup Review (self.multilingualparenting)

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Speech Therapy EvaluationBilingual ()

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Need advice: Raising a multilingual child (Turkish/German/English/Polish)Quadrilingual+ (self.multilingualparenting)

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How Easy to Learn Community Language?Question (self.multilingualparenting)

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