http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Christina+Bosemark Parenting Christina Bosemark Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=68805&ca=Parenting I speak Swedish and my husband’s native language is English. When we had our two children, we had no doubt that we wanted to raise them with equal access to both languages. Now, years later, when I’ve made promoting multilingual child-raising not just my avocation, but my vocation as well, people as... Parenting Christina Bosemark Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=70741&ca=Parenting Your toddler may think that he or she’s a complete superhero -- and when it comes to language acquisition, it’s actually true! In particular, compared to adult language learners. Lena Sandvik in Boston says “I’m amazed that my 15 and 11 year olds have grown up to be completely bilingual. My accent a... Parenting Christina Bosemark Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=72020&ca=Parenting “After we talked, I’ve spoken nothing but French to my one year old for close to seven weeks now. All of his new words are French, and from what I can tell he understands me completely.” Not even two months into her campaign to raise her two children speaking French as well as English, Sheilagh Marg... Parenting Christina Bosemark Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=69806&ca=Parenting As the saying goes, there are many ways to skin a cat, and so there are a multitude of strategies for raising bilingual children. Among all these choices, one thing remains constant -- a children’s love for predictability. Have you ever noticed how poorly many children handle change and how they thr... Parenting Christina Bosemark Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=64494&ca=Parenting “Doesn’t she speak English? Oh, I see -- both Swedish and English. Doesn’t that get awfully confusing? Swedish, you said -- when will she use that?” Get used to hearing these kinds of things. You’ll get opinions from the barista at Starbucks, your mother-in-law, even your neighbors and strangers on... Parenting Christina Bosemark Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=54959&ca=Parenting When I was growing up, the only way to raise a true ‘world denizen’ was at an exorbitantly priced Swiss boarding school. Luckily, such elitism has been thrown out the window, and now parents raise bilingual and multicultural children themselves. The children grow up just as world-savvy and sophistic...