Misconceptions about Bilingualism and Multilingualism
The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom
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The Benefits of Multilingualism
A lot of our kids are multilingual learners, which means they are developing multiple languages simultaneously as they develop language in general. There's huge social emotional benefit when a child is learning multiple languages. They're also being immersed in multiple cultures and that connection to their own culture,. To their family, to their background, to their identity, to their own history. So encouraging that really fosters their mental health and their emotional growth in that sense too.
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