Does Being Raised Bilingual Increase Your Child's Chance of Stuttering?

nana07

By: nana07 - 09/02/2009 - 11:18 AM

In response to TD's comment, Im not sure what state/school district you or your children belong to but I have been a witness of parents whom are very and I mean VERY involved in their child's life. They attend EVERY school event and are very attentive to their child's education. These are parents who speak very little English. I currently have four students who are GT, which shows how parent support evidently makes a difference in a child's life. Readers please realize the valuable gift it will be for your child to be bilingual and the benefits it will bring to him/her when she grows up. My fiancee reminds his mom all the time of the disservice she did to him for not teaching him/exposing Spanish to him as he grew up. The sooner, the easier it''ll be for your child to gain the language :)

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nana07

By: nana07 - 09/02/2009 - 11:19 AM

This statement is invalid, coming from a familiar background. Im currently a bilingual teacher and if a parent(s) speak/expose their kids to more than one language as they're being raised, it will by not affect their speech. A child's brain is like a sponge, the more you feed it, the more it absorbs. Such cases mentioned could've been present to children that were raised bilingual, however, other circumstances must've taken place at the same time; information that was not fully given to us as readers. Please do not be discouraged from raising your kids with two languages and please consider having your kids be part of a strong bilingual program...get informed! :)

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TD

By: TD - 09/02/2009 - 11:19 AM

I grew up bi-lingual. I am fluent in two languages and okay in one other. I did not experience stuttering however, I found that my youngest sibling did. I base this on lack of motherly attention, as being from a large family the youngest always gets the attention from his siblings and not the mother. One important reason why people should limit the number of children they have. I am Against bi-lingual education and I support immersion. I have had experience in this field. The costfor bi-lingual education is ludicrous. Furthermore, the parents lacks in participation, assimilation, and acclamation to our customs and cultures here. I am not saying loose you heritage..just incorporate ours since you are living in this country. I found in my home visits that Mexican parents would NOT bother to learn the language and therefore lacked in participating in their children's all around upbrining. No participation in PTA, teachers had to hire interpreters, no help to their children with homework...and the list goes on and on! Thanks for letting me have my say. TD :)

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rshepherd

By: rshepherd - 09/02/2009 - 11:20 AM

Readers will want to know that the Stuttering Foundation also maintains a Spanish Web site, www.tartamudez.org. Many of their materials are in Spanish and English including DVDs. Their Web sites, www.tartamudez.org and www.stutteringhelp.org, have brochures and books that are available for free downloading and several DVDs are free video-streaming. These materials provide effective ways for preschoolers, elementary children, teenagers, and adults to deal with stuttering.

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katherinedelima

By: katherinedelima - 09/02/2009 - 11:20 AM

As a person who grew up bilingual and a linguist, I find this article very surprising. I think that these types of articles and stories, instead of promoting bilingualism make people scared of it. It is a fact that the younger one is, the easier it is to learn a second or third language. Stuttering is a speech disorder and has nothing to do with how the brain distinguishes between and process two or more languages. It is perfectly normal for children to mix languages, which is called code-switching-not spanglish when they are learning to speak. Even monolingual children stutter and mix up their speech- it is all part of the language learning process. In sum, for those of you who read this- please don't stop speaking your home language with your child. You will regret it in the long run!! Speaking to your children in the second language is one of the most precious and important gifts you can give him/her.

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soccorso88

By: soccorso88 - 09/02/2009 - 11:20 AM

i thank u for your words of wisdom. i agree w/u 110 %!

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BS

By: Mala Perez - 09/02/2009 - 16:35 PM

I think this is BS!!!

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So true

By: whatever - 09/02/2009 - 16:58 PM

Kids can't learn two languages at the same time. They will never learn one the right way!!! That's why you get spanglish and all the horrible crimes on our language!

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BS!!!!

By: xxx - 10/02/2009 - 05:29 AM

he he he he people who dosent speak more than one language now the have an excuse for that... or parents that are so lazy and S to believe things like that...... that's a big box of craaaap nothing else..... personally I speak perfect 3 and I defend my self on another two.... no problems.... my soon has 3 years 1/2 and has no problems... speaks really good spanish my laguage polish his mother laguage and understand english... everything depends of how you teach him, just not push him...he learns alone and really easy.... just he makes the difference that mama speaks one language father another and when we go out all of us we speak another one... that's all....... so please dont speak things that are not true.... and scare another parents....

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