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How to Navigate Language Loss Across Generations

My daughter refuses to speak our family language at home and I feel like I'm losing her to English and I don't know how to bridge this gap.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural transmission through language becomes a site of intergenerational tension when children choose assimilation over heritage.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Multilingualism and its gifts?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.