As I was surfing the web yesterday, this infographic caught my eye. In our family we're trying to keep up with my heritage and my daughter attends Swedish School every Saturday morning - I hear the deep sigh and groan from my daughter as I mention this to her. She likes the school when they put on special activities that follow our cultural calendar, but when it's just straight school, she finds it hard. We don't speak much Swedish in our home and the only time she gets to practice it is for those 2 hours per week.
However, there are advantages to bringing up your children in a bilingual environment, so perhaps I should put in a more concerted effort: