Is it worthwhile to encourage my children to learn another language?
From the beginning of time, humans have always longed for understanding and knowledge of one another. Most humans by nature are social, and therefore the thirst for knowledge and understanding will probably never quench. I think there are many skills that children should master, but I think a secondary language is a skill that children benefit from mastering early on. Statistics have shown that infants and toddlers before the age of two learning a second language increased their intelligence and their understanding of the world around them. In fact, I conducted my own study with my own children. My oldest son Tyler who is 15 was never taught a second language at home. At the time he was pre-school aged, I did not know a second language fluently. I started learning Urdu, a language native to Pakistan as a second language five years ago because I wanted to better understand and communicate with my friends. My friend started teaching me the mechanics and basic language and sentence struct
