Comments on: Tips for Raising Bilingual Children https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/?adt_ei={{email}} Recipes, Tips, and Much More Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:52:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Debbie https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/comment-page-1/#comment-55157 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:52:53 +0000 http://www.imaginainventaeintenta.com/?p=2001#comment-55157 Thank you, great post! Very informative and from the heart!

]]> By: Yacht charter Greece https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/comment-page-1/#comment-5922 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 10:17:21 +0000 http://www.imaginainventaeintenta.com/?p=2001#comment-5922 Great article!
I am Greek my wife is Italian and we live in Ireland.
At home we use our native languages of course, plus English so our son of 8 years is fluent in all of these languages.
Congratulations again for this descriptive article!

]]> By: Clotilde/Craftybegonia https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:26:38 +0000 http://www.imaginainventaeintenta.com/?p=2001#comment-862 Visiting you via the SITS girls, great tips! It is true that being bilingual is a total plus in life and in any career your children might choose in the future. Wish you the best with your blog.

]]> By: Leslie Limon https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:26:52 +0000 http://www.imaginainventaeintenta.com/?p=2001#comment-861 Really great tips, Charbel! I am also raising bilingual children. English is my first language. I was born and raised in the US, but learned to speak Spanish when my Mexican grandmother married a Mexican who spoke no English when I was 5 years old. From that moment on, I only spoke Spanish at home and English at school, at work, and with friends. Now that I’ve moved to Mexico with my husband and our 4 kiddies, we speak mostly Spanish at home because it’s just easier. But now that my kiddies are on summer break, we are trying to speak only English with them while we are at home and my 16 year old daughter is giving her younger brothers and sister English classes in the afternoons.

I love your tip for also teaching them about both your native culture as well as your husbands. I do the same with my children. We celebrate both cultures holidays and tradtions, and I tell my kids that they are lucky because they get the best of both worlds.

It’s so nice to “meet” you, Charbel. I hope you are having a lovely SITS Day! Saludos desde Mexico! 😀

]]> By: Angela Gilmore https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:37:40 +0000 http://www.imaginainventaeintenta.com/?p=2001#comment-860 This is great advice! I am mad at my dad for not teaching my brothers and me Italian when we were growing up and I am desperately trying to learn it now so that I can teach it to my son. I love that you’ve included the myths associated with raising bilingual children. Stopping by from SITS.

]]> By: Farrah @ Reflective Mama https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/comment-page-1/#comment-859 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:52:14 +0000 http://www.imaginainventaeintenta.com/?p=2001#comment-859 Thank you for sharing your bilingual story. I would love to teach my baby Hebrew… but I’ve never fully learned it myself. It’s something I’ve always wished I knew, but whenever I make an effort to learn I lose it shortly after because it is not spoken where I live. I would love for him to be fluent, but my all or nothing approach has led to nothing… which isn’t getting me anywhere. I am going to try to find more ways for us both to learn together, through shows, books, and music. Thank you for the tips!

]]> By: Emily @ Zen & Spice https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/comment-page-1/#comment-858 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:34:43 +0000 http://www.imaginainventaeintenta.com/?p=2001#comment-858 Great tips! I wish I spoke another language!

]]> By: Meeghan https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/comment-page-1/#comment-857 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:59:08 +0000 http://www.imaginainventaeintenta.com/?p=2001#comment-857 Thanks for the tips. I was a Spanish major in college and have always wanted to help my children learn Spanish. I just need to speak it more at home because they do pick it up so quickly!

]]> By: Ana Lynn https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/comment-page-1/#comment-856 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:41:08 +0000 http://www.imaginainventaeintenta.com/?p=2001#comment-856 Stopping by from SITS, I am raising my children as bilinguals and wrote a post about tips for raising a bilingual child. We are currently living in Croatia, my husband is American and he is struggling with Croatian (it really is a hard language compared to English). I am fluent in English, Italian and .. well, Croatian. Both our children are fluent in English and Croatian, although our daughter has some minor difficulties with some words. I’d add to be patient and stay persistent, and above all, ignore the naysayers.

]]> By: Carolyn - The Boat Galley https://www.mylatinatable.com/tips-for-raising-bilingual-children/comment-page-1/#comment-855 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:14:03 +0000 http://www.imaginainventaeintenta.com/?p=2001#comment-855 Just wanted to complement you on your English — for someone who knew none in 2009, you’re totally fluent now! We lived in Mexico for 6+ years and my Spanish is still pretty basic . . . I can’t imagine trying to write a blog post in it. But that brings home your first point: it was just my husband and I, my husband has a hearing problem and so has a very hard time with a second language, and so we always spoke English to each other. But knowing a second language is a HUGE advantage and “speaking it like a native” will really help your kids!

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