Rasing Multilingual and Bilingual Children – Raising Children Network

If you’re raising multilingual or bilingual children, there are many resources that can help. This page has links to Raising Children Network resources.

Rasing Bilingual Kids: Parent Stories

In this short video, migrant worker Halime Duzen and parents from diverse cultural backgrounds talk about bilingualism and speaking 2 languages. They say learning English is important, but it’s also good to keep speaking your family’s first language at home. This helps children stay connected to their communities and talk to their relatives.

Video sourced from Rasing Children Network

Raising Multilingual and Bilingual Children: Options

Key Points in Resource:

  • If you or other family members speak languages other than English, you might want your child to learn these languages too.
  • There are 2 main models for raising multilingual and bilingual children – one parent-one language and one environment-one language.
  • You can support your child’s multilingual or bilingual development through play, home, community and extended family activities.
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Resource in Languages other than English

Documents sourced from Rasing Children Network

Benefits of Bilingualism or Multilingualism for kids and Families

Key Points in Resource:

  • If you’re bilingual, you use 2 languages. If you’re multilingual, you use more than 2 languages.
  • Benefits of bilingualism and multilingualism include strong family and cultural bonds.
  • Bilingualism or multilingualism can also be good for children’s learning.
  • Raising multilingual or bilingual children is a long-term commitment.
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Resource in Languages other than English

Documents sourced from Rasing Children Network

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Page last reviewed: September 2026