Any tips of raising multilingual children? I have a 15 days old and we speak 3 languages in the household. We would like to start exposing him early on but don’t want to confuse him when he later starts to talk.

What has worked for you? Any tips/ techniques?

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I was brought up in a multilingual home. My parents made a point to speak their mother tongue to me. I wasn’t allowed to speak anything else at home. They didn’t expose me to English because they knew I’d catch on once I started school. I’m happy they made that decision. I am carrying the language onto my own kids by taking the same approach my parents did!

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Same here!!!

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We’ve done one person, one language which I’ve read is recommended so they know which words go together. You should expect that multilingual kids will be a bit slower to speak and their vocabulary in any one language is smaller for their age, but if you have to count all the words they know in all languages it will be comparable or slightly higher than other kids their age.

Oh and yes, if English is one of those languages, there really is no need. They will pick it up quickly from daycare, school, media, etc. and it will be more than adequate compared to what you’re able to do with the other languages.

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This is what we do too - one person one language. We speak one language at home (mother tongue) but everyone else speaks the local language. We continue to speak to our son in our language when out and about, but we’ll speak the local language with others, even if he’s present.

He’s just over two years old and is speaking well and confidently, but is definitely a tiny bit behind since he’s learning two languages. We also make it a point not to “correct” him if he uses the local language at home. If he means “water” but says it in the other language, we’ll respond with “Sure, you can have some water,” in our language. Because he’s so early in learning, we want him to have the confidence to keep trying.

I learnt multiple languages as a kid. When I went to school, my parents focused on English and stopped talking to me in anything else. I forgot all of it and now only speak English.
Stick with it even after school starts if you don't want your baby to lose it all.

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Sure, but cultural reference comes in many ways. Visiting the place, jokes with cousins or grandparents, movies and music. All of which you are more inclined to do if it's part of the family related activities. It's not like they are downloading Babble or some language app. The parents speak it because they are related to that culture and its traditions. Not to mention the stronger bonds you'll have with more distant family because you can relate to them.

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What everyone says here: one person one language and persistence. It’s going to be hard work, not just a couple of years but for the rest of your life (well until they go to college at least 😂) so be prepared for a lot of “I’m not responding until you respond to me in the right language” stand offs

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