I grew up in a pretty diverse neighborhood so thankfully there were many different languages spoken all around me. It was never really an issue that I could speak another language, especially since other kids could too. Sometimes there was a belief amongst family friends that the kids who spoke the heritage language were going to be worse at English. This was far from true, in fact, as we grew older most of the kids who did not learn our heritage language due to their parent’s mythical beliefs continue to be sad they never learned the language.
