<p>Happy Friday! Today&#39;s guest, Alicja, is a Polish mom raising her two kids in the UK with her Polish husband. Sounds like the perfect recipe for raising bilingual kids, right? Not so fast! Bilingual parenting takes planning and intentionality, even for two parents from the same country.</p><p>In this episode, Alicja tells us about all the choices, actions and dedication that go into ensuring her children grow up speaking their heritage language. She recognizes that her kids will be a mix of their heritage and home languages, as well as their heritage and home cultures, and she works with that, not against it.</p><p>Listen to hear Alicja&#39;s advice about where parents should start, how to bolster kids&#39; home language, and what NOT to do when trying to get your kid to respond in your language. </p><p>Alicja&#39;s kids are also exposed to a 3rd language (Welsh). Listen to hear what her kids experience has in common with kids in Brittany, France.</p><p>Follow Alicja on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bilingualchild_blog/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@bilingualchild_blog</a></p><p>---</p><p>Enjoying this podcast? Please do one (or more!) of the following:</p><p>– follow it wherever you listen</p><p>– follow me on Instagram ⁠<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thefutureisbilingual/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@thefutureisbilingual⁠</a></p><p>– share it with a friend and on your social media</p><p>– take a minute to rate it on your podcast platform</p><p>– leave a rating and review <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/bilingual" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠here⁠</a></p><p>– buy me a coffee <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/futurebilingual" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a></p>