r/multilingualparenting

4K archived posts · May 2018 – Sep 2026

Raising Kids Multilingually

A place to discuss and support the challenges, triumphs and questions relating to raising children with more than one language or culture involved. Whether OPOL or expat, two languages or five, hopefully we can share tips and support one another.

Created May 16, 2018

17KMembers (last snapshot)

4KArchived posts

If you like, set your flair to reflect your family languages! Later I'll try to make this fancy.

Please be kind and respect one another. Racism and general meanness will not be tolerated.

Attention!! - If you are a researcher or here to promote your own content, please message the mods first. If it's explicitly multilingual parenting related and not spammy, it will probably be approved!

Useful terms:

Community Language: The language of the country the family is living in
L1 / L2 / L3: Speaker's first, second, third language.

Majority Language: The language the child has most exposure to
Minority Language: Any language the child has less exposure to
MLH: Minority Language at Home
OPOL: One Parent, One Language

Useful Links

Myths and Facts about Bilingual Language Development

Bilingual Family EU - Info about bilingualism, merits of different methods etc.

IALPA FAQ - FAQ with evidence based answers

Talking Point - Speech and Language development info in English

Third Culture Kid - Support for children growing up as "third culture" nationals - parents with different culture to the home environment.

https://chalkacademy.com/

https://bilingualmonkeys.com/

https://utesinternationallounge.com/

https://knockedupabroad.com/

Language/Culture specific parenting subs

(Please let a mod know if you know any useful/relevant subs to add here)

r/asianparents
r/Eltern
r/ParentingFR
r/parentinghapas

Other communities

Reddit Rebuilt is an independent, non-commercial archive and is not affiliated with Reddit, Inc. Content belongs to its original authors.