If your child understands the minority language but doesn’t speak it, it is not loss or refusal. Learn what is really happening and how to gently support active use over time.

Many bilingual children understand a second language long before they speak it. Here’s why that happens and what actually helps.

You speak the minority language consistently, patiently, for months. Your child looks at you and answers in the other one. Every time. Here's what's actually going on, and why "just keep going" is the right advice even when it doesn't feel like it.