One of the most entertaining (and mind-boggling) aspects of raising two daughters in Hungary has been watching them master two languages simultaneously. I wrote about it a few months ago in the Christian Science Monitor, and it continues to amaze me every day. In the beginning I worried that their English would suffer because they hear Hungarian all day at school, and I am their main link to the language, but it has not happened at all. They never speak to people in the wrong language, they recite rhymes in both languages, and they are very aware when they hear other languages that they do not understand. When the two of them play together I always wonder which language they will choose to play in that day (and what goes through their mind when they do) … I only hope some of it rubs off on me!

–Carolyn