Are you mixing languages with your toddler?

Multilingual parents mix languages. They mix them with other adults.
What if they mix their languages with their toddlers?
Is that going to confuse them?

0:00 When I speak two languages with my toddlers, will that confuse them?
0:15 Multilingual parents tend to mix their languages
0:26 Why should multilingual change the habit to mix languages once they have children
0:36 Mixing languages is not the problem
0:40 I discourage parents of children up to age 3/4/5 to mix languages
0:50 Examples of mixing languages
1:45 Language patterns our children learn in a natural, spontaneous way
2:08 What happens if we model a language mix that doesn't exist/is not a language per se
2:25 The "Paradox of Raising Multilinguals"
3:22 Children over 4/5/6 are more conscious about their use of languages
3:50 We all want to be intelligible
4:06 If you struggle with separating your languages


FYI: The little baby in the video is one of my children.

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