How to Raise Bilingual Children

How to Raise Bilingual Children

Requires at least one parent who is fluent in a second language.

Panel 1: Parent A talks to child in Language A. In a kitchen scene, a mother is standing, holding a bowl, next to a toddler in a high chair. The father sits at a table nearby. The mother speaks in Language A, made up of a bunch of letter 'a's.
Panel 2: Parent B talks to child in Language B. In the same kitchen scene, the father speaks in Language B, made up of a bunch of letter 'b's.
Panel 3: Congratulations! Child now speaks two languages. The parents are walking with the child, now slightly older. She speaks in two distinct groupings of lowercase 'a's and 'b's.
Panel 4: Child also thinks parents are not able to speak to each other. The parents are trying to speak to each other; the mother speaks in lowercase 'a's and the father in lowercase 'b's. A bunch of questions marks are in the air between them.

Not pictured: Amusing “middle” stage child speaks in a mishmash of two languages.

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