Many parents know that raising their children bilingual has huge benefits in today's interdependent global world. However, most people still don't realize that the benefits of bilingual education are far greater than the ability to speak multiple languages. In fact, the biggest benefit of bilingual education is the enhanced cognitive development. Thanks to modern technology, the benefit of exposing your children to multiple languages can be observed and measured in childr

BEING bilingual has some obvious advantages. Learning more than one language enables new conversations and new experiences. But in recent years,psychology researchers have demonstrated some less obvious advantages of bilingualism, too. For instance, bilingual children may enjoy certain cognitive benefits, such as improved executive function — which is critical for problem solving and other mentally demanding activities. Now, two new studies demonstrate that multilingual expos