The Language of Play - Kids that Listen, Speech Therapy, Language Development, Early Intervention

241 SERIES: Speech & Language Delays: 2 Languages, 1 Young Brain: What’s Normal and What’s Not

Published: November 20, 2025

Duration: 40:15

Hey Friends~ 

Recently, I got a written message from a listener who wrote, ‘My husband is Serbian and speaks Serbian to our son. I speak English, but I don’t speak Serbian well. Our little one is just 17 months and very vocal — but in my expat group, parents worry their bilingual kids might be confused. How young is too young for two languages? And how old is too old for 2 languages?” 

It’s such a good question — and one that so many families wonder about. In this episode, we’ll look at how babies process two languages, t...