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Misconceptions about Bilingualism and Multilingualism

The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom

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The Importance of Diversity in Language Development

I love what you mentioned about the mom method, the means, opportunities and motives. I hope that diversity can be accepted so that we can promote this if this is what a family wants to do with their family in terms of language development. No matter what language or languages your child speaks, your child might be a monolingual English speaker. And there's nothing wrong with that, by the way. I do not want to devalue the language.

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