Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Trilingualism and Multilingualism: An Overview -- 2. Comparing bilingual and trilingual families -- 3. Monolingual parents living abroad (Group 1) -- 4. One or Both Parents Are Bilingual (Group 2) -- 5. One or both parents Are trilingual (Group 3) -- 6. Trilingual proficiency in a multilingual society -- 7. Concluding words -- Appendix: Resources for trilingual families with children -- References and Further Reading -- Index