Raising Bilingual Kids: Why Your Well-being Matters More Than Perfect Grammar with Mimi
Dam Parenting21 Mai 2025

Raising Bilingual Kids: Why Your Well-being Matters More Than Perfect Grammar with Mimi

Do you worry that your child is falling behind or that you aren't providing "enough" language exposure? You aren't alone. In this first episode of our monthly series with Mimi from Growing Up Multilingual, we take a warm, honest, and direct look at the invisible stress and self-doubt that many international parents carry.

We dive into why your emotional well-being is actually a primary driver of your child's language development, backed by research showing that maternal mental health predicts the richness of a child's home environment. Mimi and Eva discuss how to shift from a mindset of "doing more" to one of self-awareness and intentionality. We explore how to redefine success, let go of comparison, and focus on connection over perfection. If you're a tired parent juggling cultures and languages, take a breath and tune in. You aren't behind, and you are doing more than enough.


Subscribe, rate, and share this episode with fellow multilingual families. MiMi will be joining us every month to dive even deeper into these powerful, real-life conversations.


Links to topics discussed

-A study published in the Journal of Child Language found that maternal mental health predicts the richness of a child's home language environment and even their expressive language skills - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33818326/



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