After growing up across countries, I knew I wanted my kids to be multilingual — fluent in Dutch, German, and English from ...

Translating for your family can feel burdensome, but these authors want families to see the power in living between two languages.

A reader faults her husband’s relatives for not teaching their young children any English, which she worries may make for an awkward holiday visit.

When journalist Conz Preti brought her three children to visit family in Argentina in 2022, her four-year-old son did something surprising. "He just started fluently speaking in Spanish with my family ...

Slang terms like "rage bait" and "6 7" reflect youth culture, spreading rapidly via social media platforms like TikTok.

Hearing a baby’s first words is a joyful moment for many parents. But another crucial language milestone is harder to pinpoint for both parents and scholars of human development. When does a child ...

Learning a second language during childhood can prove to be a fun and fruitful experience for children. Though it has been ...

Having taught for nearly a decade, I’ve worked through my share of classroom challenges. Nothing, however, prepared me for the toughest one: teaching my own children to speak Russian, my native ...

Many Vietnamese parents are sending their children to international schools where English becomes their dominant language, often at the expense of maintaining their Vietnamese language skills. This ...

Among the struggles involved in re-establishing life in a new country, some Afghan parents fear their children will lose the cultural and historical connections that come with speaking Dari. Qayoom ...

Having taught for nearly a decade, I’ve worked through my share of classroom challenges. Nothing, however, prepared me for the toughest one: teaching my own children to speak Russian, my native ...