Bilingual Parenting Podcast

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S2 E1 - Season 2 Kick-Off / Who is the Bilingual Parenting Podcast for? Mar 31, 2021

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In this episode we're kicking off a brand new season! We have so many fun things in store for this season and we can't wait to share with you. Want to connect further? Find us on instagram or visit us online at www.bilinguitos.com. You can also join our Bilingual Parenting Network group on Facebook here!

Episode 008 - Season Finale + Outside Resource Families (FLP Series Part 5) Dec 31, 2020

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This is the fifth episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Here we dive into the Outside Resource Families strategy. Also our season finale! Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss modified versions of the strategy. This is the fifth/final/"bonus" strategy. The strategy host Kaila Diaz's family used when she was growing up.

If you are a Outside Resource family, we'd love to hear from you! Visit us at www.bilinguitos.com and join our Bilingual Parenting Network group on Facebook here!

Show notes can be found here

Episode 007 - Mixed Language Families (FLP Series Part 4) Oct 23, 2020

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This is the fourth episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Here we dive into the Mixed Language Families strategy. Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss modified versions of the strategy. Technically this is the last of the strategies BUT we'll be coming back with one more bonus strategy before closing out this series.

If you are a Mixed Language family, we'd love to hear from you! Visit us at www.bilinguitos.com and join our Bilingual Parenting Network group on Facebook here!

Show notes can be found here

Episode 006 - Time and Place (FLP Series Part 3) Jun 23, 2020

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This is the third episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Here we dive into the T&P strategy, or Time and Place. Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss modified versions of the strategy.

If you are a family that employs T&P at home, we'd love to hear from you! Visit us at www.bilinguitos.com and join our Bilingual Parenting Network group on Facebook here!

Show notes can be found here

Episode 005 - Update on Bilingually Parenting a 2 Month Old Mar 25, 2020

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Hey bilingual parenting fam! It's been a while... While I've been gone, my husband and I welcome a baby girl into our family! It's been a whirlwind lately but I did get a chance to sit down a record a little update, just to let you all know I'm still here. I'll be honest, this episode is... raw. Not the neatly outlined content I usually put out there, but I figured, what the heck! Stay tuned for more polished content to come soon, but for now, enjoy a glimpse of new parenthood.

Visit us at www.bilinguitos.com and join our Bilingual Parenting Network group on Facebook here!

Episode 004 - Planning for Bilingualism while Baby is in the Womb Nov 01, 2019

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Newly expecting and want to pursue bilingualism for your bilingüito to be? In this episode, we're sharing three things you can do right NOW, while baby is still in the womb, to set up an environment primed for bilingualism. If you've already got your little ones running around, this episode will still have some great takeaways for you and your family, so tune in :)

Visit us at www.bilinguitos.com and join our Bilingual Parenting Network group on Facebook here!

Show notes for this episode can be found here

Episode 003 - Minority Language at Home (FLP Series Part 2) Aug 11, 2019

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This is the second episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Here we dive into the MLAH strategy, or Minority Language at Home. Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss modified versions of the strategy.

If you are a family that employs MLAH at home, we'd love to hear from you! Visit us at www.bilinguitos.com and join our Bilingual Parenting Network group on Facebook here!

Show notes can be found here

Episode 002 - One Parent One Language (FLP Series Part 1) Jun 14, 2019

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This is the first episode of a series of Bilingual Parenting Strategy episodes. Later on we will have an entire episode dedicated to exploring the concept of family language policy (FLP), but wanted to first dive right in to OPOL, One Parent One Language households. Each of these FLP episodes will be broken down like this: strategy description, major benefits, potential obstacles with ways to combat them, and then discuss modified versions of the strategy.

If you are a family that employs OPOL at home, we'd love to hear from you! Visit us at www.bilinguitos.com and join our Bilingual Parenting Network group on Facebook here!

Episode 000.5 - Defining Important Terms Apr 05, 2019

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Before we get too far along, it's time to sit down and define some crucial terms that are often thrown around in the fields of bilingualism and child language acquisition. By outlining exactly what we mean by these terms, we can all be on the same page and leave out any guess work. However, this extra introduction episode is not just a list of terms; we will expound upon each one to create interesting discussion points, so we hope you will tune in and then join the conversation!

Episode 001 - Why Bilingualism? - BPP Season 1 Mar 18, 2019

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"Why do you speak to your kids in another language" - A stranger at the store; "Do you think that she's a little confused because of the two languages?" - Her teacher; "Mommy why can't we just speak normal!?" - Your child. Are you ever faced with situations like these? Do you find YOURSELF questioning "WHY AM I DOING THIS WHOLE BILINGUAL THING ANYWAY!?" Today, we'll discuss all that and more! Why bilingualism? Well, tune in and find out!

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