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My Experience on Somali TikTok: What It Reveals About Parenting and Language
My Experience on Somali TikTok: What It Reveals About Parenting and Language
After months on TikTok, and hundreds of conversations with parents across the Somali diaspora, clear patterns began to emerge. Read more...
Journalist and storyteller Sagal Hussein Omar.
"We’re All Trying to Hold on to a Language That Isn’t Around Us"
Raising children in the diaspora means trying to keep Somali alive in a world where it isn’t visible, heard, or reinforced outside the home. Read more...
Raising Children Between Languages: What Parents Should Know
Raising Children Between Languages: What Parents Should Know
Mixing languages, speaking later, or switching between words is not a sign of confusion, it’s a normal part of multilingual development. Read more...
The Power of Visual Language in Your Home
The Power of Visual Language in Your Home
When Somali is visible in the home, it becomes easier to teach, easier to remember, and easier to use together. Read more...
What Really Happens When Children Learn Two Languages
What Really Happens When Children Learn Two Languages
Research shows that bilingualism strengthens the whole child, they develop stronger reasoning, memory, and problem-solving skills.  Read more...
The Parent Is the First Teacher
The Parent Is the First Teacher
Language is not a subject - it is a relationship. Long before a child can read or write, they learn through presence, repetition, and love.  Read more...