Comments on: Bilingualism Makes Children Smarter http://www.bilingualforfun.com/2009/09/29/bilingualism-makes-children-smarter/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:31:40 -0700 hourly 1 By: L. http://www.bilingualforfun.com/2009/09/29/bilingualism-makes-children-smarter/comment-page-1/#comment-175 L. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:51:33 +0000 http://www.bilingualforfun.com/?p=461#comment-175 I'll post more soon. No worries! But I won't be able to tell you whether the professor has bilingual children or not. However , just to play the devil's avvocate, I assume that the argument goes that if behaving "normal" meant raising children to be passive bilingual that would be OK, may be better than overcomplicating things to force them to be active bilingual. I could see why someone would reason this way, but I still think there's more to raising bilingual children than behaving "normal" and that making conscious decisions about bilingualism does not imply forcing things on children and damaging the parent-child relationship, although it can't be denied that this may happen and I strongly agree that a positive parent-child relationship is an absolute priority, certainly more important than bilingualism. L. L. I’ll post more soon. No worries! But I won’t be able to tell you whether the professor has bilingual children or not.
However , just to play the devil’s avvocate, I assume that the argument goes that if behaving “normal” meant raising children to be passive bilingual that would be OK, may be better than overcomplicating things to force them to be active bilingual. I could see why someone would reason this way, but I still think there’s more to raising bilingual children than behaving “normal” and that making conscious decisions about bilingualism does not imply forcing things on children and damaging the parent-child relationship, although it can’t be denied that this may happen and I strongly agree that a positive parent-child relationship is an absolute priority, certainly more important than bilingualism.
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]]> By: Eve http://www.bilingualforfun.com/2009/09/29/bilingualism-makes-children-smarter/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Eve Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:45:06 +0000 http://www.bilingualforfun.com/?p=461#comment-174 A couple of things: one is, I'd be really interested in hearing more about the conference you attended. Where/when was it? Was it open to the public or just academics? Hope you are able to post more on that soon. Second, I totally agree with your comments that research is a bit disconnected from the reality of parenting in a bilingual household. Yes, what indeed does "normal" mean? I'd say if we acted "normal" they would not be bilingual, but maybe passive bilinguals? Anyway...I'd be interested in to know if the presenter has kids he raised bilingually or has just researched it? Interesting article, by the way - thanks for posting it. A couple of things: one is, I’d be really interested in hearing more about the conference you attended. Where/when was it? Was it open to the public or just academics? Hope you are able to post more on that soon.
Second, I totally agree with your comments that research is a bit disconnected from the reality of parenting in a bilingual household. Yes, what indeed does “normal” mean? I’d say if we acted “normal” they would not be bilingual, but maybe passive bilinguals? Anyway…I’d be interested in to know if the presenter has kids he raised bilingually or has just researched it?
Interesting article, by the way – thanks for posting it.

]]> By: Ma quanto ancora si puo’ scrivere sul Bilinguismo? | Bilingue Per Gioco™ http://www.bilingualforfun.com/2009/09/29/bilingualism-makes-children-smarter/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Ma quanto ancora si puo’ scrivere sul Bilinguismo? | Bilingue Per Gioco™ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:57:19 +0000 http://www.bilingualforfun.com/?p=461#comment-168 [...] P.S. Ho cominciato, ma in Inglese. Se volete qui trovate un post: Bilingualism Makes Children Smarter [...] [...] P.S. Ho cominciato, ma in Inglese. Se volete qui trovate un post: Bilingualism Makes Children Smarter [...]

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