What Bilingual Parenting Tips Does Jason Preston Give?

Jason Preston tells Geek at Sea that the first tip is immersion. His wife, Monica Guzman, has parents nearby who speak Spanish. The family visits every week, and for those hours the house is in Spanish. His own rule is to use the language even when he speaks it poorly, rather than waiting until he sounds right. The question comes from a host whose wife speaks Chinese and who is about to take his children to Taiwan for the same reason. Preston's answer is that the language has to be the room the child is standing in. Initiative, he says, matters more than a polished accent.