How can our children learn to read in Indian languages? Where do we find children’s literature in our native languages?
Many Ask Amma readers who are well-versed in several languages would like their children to grow up with them as well. As some of us know, being children of multilingual parents, if we live in predominantly monolingual environments there is a risk of losing touch with our multilingual and cultural heritage and with the wit and wisdom expressed in particular languages. If we speak these languages every day then our children grow up understanding them but what about reading and writing?