Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1: Different Types of Family and Issues that Only Affect Some Kinds of Family -- 1. Issues for Families Speaking More than One Language at Home -- 2. Issues for Families Using One Language at Home, Another in the Community and at School -- 3. Interviewees who are Bilingual Solely through Attending School in Another Language -- 4. Interviewees who Learnt Languages Solely from the Community -- 5. Changes as a Result of Divorce or Separation -- 6. Changes as a Result of the Death of One Parent -- 7. Changes as a Result of Advice Given to Parents -- 8. Changes as a Result of Interviewees' Choices or Decisions -- Part 2: Issues at Home that will Affect Most, if Not All, Families at Some Time -- 9. Consistency Versus Flexibility in Languages Used at Home -- 10. Rewards, Encouragement, Sanctions and Disapproval Linked to Language Use -- 11. Resistance - Children Who Prefer Not to Speak a Language -- 12. Fitting In/Standing Out -- 13. Input from Others, Resources and Holidays -- Part 3: Education -- 14. Starting School and Changing Schools -- 15. Home Language Support/Teaching in Mainstream Schools -- 16. Additional Support Outside (or as an alternative to) Mainstream Schools -- 17. Help with Homework -- Part 4: Language Policies and Politics -- 18. Language Status, Links to Politics and Racism -- Part 5: Interviewees as Adults -- 19. Advantages and Disadvantages of Having Been Raised Bilingually -- 20. One Thing You Would Change about Your Bilingual Childhood and Advice to a Family Just Starting Out -- 21. Low Input and Language Loss and Retention -- 22. Identities -- 23. Studying and Working Abroad as Young Adults, Choosing Where to Live More Permanently and Using Bilingualism at Work -- 24. Relationships -- 25. Raising Children Monolingually or Bilingually and the Reasons Given -- 26. Access to Culture as Adults -- 27. Accents -- 28. Learning Additional Languages -- Part 6: Overall Analysis and Recommendations -- 29. Factors Linked to Success or Failure -- 30. Recommendations to Parents Raising Multilingual Children -- 31. Suggested Reading -- About Waltham Forest Bilingual Group and How This Project Got Started -- Annex 1 - Questionnaire -- Annex 2 - Language Self Assessment -- Annex 3 -- Glossary -- Index