Bilingual Children

I'm expecting my kinds to be trilingual at the very least. It's a great skill you can give them quite easily, by having access to other languages while they are young and absorb it easily.

I have to start my Putonghua or Cantonese classes soon .. have been so busy setting havent had time to do much,

@NeverSleeps Definitely not only a rich people thing, though. I mean exposing your kids to other languages, that is.

Indeed! It's only a pity that our failing school systems makes the process so much harder! If only schools taught languages better - then parents wouldn't need to look outside the system for teaching.

@ajadedealist Its so important to speak the local language! last week I went for dimsum to the world's cheapest Michelin starred restaurant, Tim Ho Wan. Its a small, hole in the wall that accepts no reservations and has huge crowds always but because I was with a cousin who speaks Mandarin we managed to get a seat easily as the hostess was most impressed with his language skills. My cousin incidentally learned Mandarin when he was a child at school in Singapore and I remember him hating Mandarin class but now its an invaluable skill that he has which is bound to stand him in good stead .