On this episode of Parentalité we talk about the science and culture of raising bilingual children. Sarah (Cheang) Oudet a researcher in the field of autism, bilingualism, and both cognitive and communicative development. As someone who is also raising bilingual kids in France she is uniquely qualified to demystify some of our questions and assumptions around learning multiple languages in general and for nerodivergent kids. Meg Gerner is our host this week.
Sarah will also be the guest speaker at "Fostering Bilingualism: Supporting Your Child’s Language Journey" an event on November 5th 2025 at 8:30pm CET, created by Message Paris. For tickets to this event visit: https://www.messageparis.org/event-details/fostering-bilingualism-supporting-your-childs-language-journey
Parentalité is a collaboration between Message Paris, an association helping anglophone parents and caretakers of children connect in Île de France, and World Radio Paris.
The Host for this episode is Meg Gerner. ARBL Murray (Alex Brook Lynn produced this episode for World Radio Paris DAB+
