When Things Don't Go as Planned + UPDATE | Raising Multilingual Children

Raising multilingual children is absolutely possible, but it takes a some of planning. Early on, we are told to create a family language plan, chose a family language strategy, and do our best to stay consistent. But what about when our plans fall apart? In this video I discuss how to flexible and agile after plans change
I also provide an UPDATE TO OUR SITUATION and how we adapted.
VIDEO INSPIRATION:
This video was inspired by a shift in our own language approach after unforeseen circumstances prevented our French au pair from coming just weeks before her arrival date. We had to quickly find interim childcare for our kids and a new au pair at the same time. My oldest (3.5 years old) ended up attending a Spanish immersion preschool sooner than we'd planned and after a short time in part-time English daycare, my youngest (almost 1.5 years old) met and quickly fell in love with our new Colombian au pair. We chose a Spanish-speaking au pair because we had a hard time quickly finding a French au pair and expanding our search to Spanish speakers offered so many more options and helped us find someone we felt great about to watch our young children. In a very short time, our language of emphasis went from French to Spanish, but everything is working out great. My oldest is getting an extra French boost by attending French Saturday school and both of my sons are making leaps and bounds of progress in all three of the languages, ESPECIALLY Spanish. It wasn't how I'd planned it, but seeing them interact at family gatherings in all three languages, including during a surprise visit from French-speaking extended family, made all the chaos worth it.
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[@norbertkazamer9234]

Hi, I am not leaving comments on KZbin at all but I really wanted to congratulate for your high quality content. My wife is French, I am Hungarian/Romanian and we are living in Germany. Our 1 yo is growing up trilingual with French, Hungarian and German, three languages from different language families, and of course we have our fears and want to do this as well as possible. As a scholar myself, besides reading a few books about multilingualism, I find it great that someone with actual expertise creates well documented content about this matter that is encountered by more and more families in this globalized society. So, congrats and looking forward for the next videos about your experiences as a family. Best, Phileas, Héloïse and Norbert

[@alexandrafriedline613]

You inspire me so much. Been speaking Spanish to my 8 month old almost exclusively- I get a little tripped up when English speaking Dad is around. Been teaching her the baby signs for “más” and such and she responds perfectly when I speak to her in Spanish. It’s just so cool to see she really is learning to comprehend and respond. I often feel discouraged as a non native speaker that this isn’t gonna work out in the long run but your videos always help me stay on track. Thanks Stefanie :)

[@LiveYourLanguage]

Alex! Thanks for watching and the nice comment! I'm so glad I can help inspire you 😊. Wow, is your little girl already 8 months old? Time flies! It's wonderful that you're already beginning to see the benefits of all your diligence and dedication. Keep up the great work and I'm sure you'll continue to be impressed by her progress. I remember feeling the way you do, but I'm here to tell you that it works! My kids are doing great in French (well, mostly the 3 year old haha) and in Spanish. I'll try to catch them in action and post a video of it soon. Hope you're well!

[@Mac_an_Mheiriceanaigh]

Oh no!!! I hope her surgeries go well and she is alright. French-speaking au pair next year!!

[@CarlsLingoKingdom]

Thanks for the update and encouragement!

[@mikedoyle2084]

𝐩яⓞ𝓂𝓞Ş𝐦 🤤