❝Before It's Too Late: 7 Heartbreaking Truths
Bilingual Parents Must Face❞
Bilingual Parents Must Face❞
welcome to confession session
Free video + PDF guide for parents
who don’t want to lose the language… or the bond.
who don’t want to lose the language… or the bond.
Michelle Bruni:
"You’re doing your best. Books, bedtime stories, “say it in ...., please” — and still, something feels off. We’ve worked with hundreds of families. And we’ve seen the same 7 mistakes again and again — heartbreaking, quiet mistakes that slowly destroy connection, language, and confidence. No one talks about them, but I will. Because you deserve better — and so does your child."
"You’re doing your best. Books, bedtime stories, “say it in ...., please” — and still, something feels off. We’ve worked with hundreds of families. And we’ve seen the same 7 mistakes again and again — heartbreaking, quiet mistakes that slowly destroy connection, language, and confidence. No one talks about them, but I will. Because you deserve better — and so does your child."
7 Painful Truths Bilingual Parents Must Face
guide for parents who don’t want to lose the language… or the bond.
00:00 – 00:31 — Intro: Why We Created This
00:32 – 02:01 — Isabelle's story
02:02 – 03:21 — Daniel's story
03:22 – 04:31 — Amira's story
04:32 – 05:15 — Final Message: You Are Not Too Late
guide for parents who don’t want to lose the language… or the bond.
00:00 – 00:31 — Intro: Why We Created This
00:32 – 02:01 — Isabelle's story
02:02 – 03:21 — Daniel's story
03:22 – 04:31 — Amira's story
04:32 – 05:15 — Final Message: You Are Not Too Late
WATCH NOW: This video is a wake-up call for every parent raising a bilingual or multilingual child. I share 7 painful but honest truths — the kinds no one talks about — along with common mistakes, real stories, and practical shifts you can start today. Whether you're feeling guilt, burnout, or just unsure if you're doing it right… this is for you. Watch with your heart.
✅ YOU'VE JUST WATCHED THE TRUTHS MOST BILINGUAL PARENTS NEVER HEAR. And now that you see the mistakes... What matters most is what you do next.
Because knowing the truth isn’t enough.
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That’s exactly why we created the BILINGUAL HOME BOOTCAMP.
A step-by-step system that helps you stop guessing, stop worrying, and start building a bilingual home with confidence, connection, and ease.
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What exactly is inside the bootcamp?
A step-by-step audio-based program that helps you build a bilingual home — brick by brick, without pressure or overwhelm.
🧱 You’ll get access to a 25-step (bricks) system that transforms your daily life into a language-rich environment. Each audio episode feels like a warm, personal podcast — designed for busy parents.
You can listen in the car, on a walk, while cooking — whenever it works for you.
📅 You create your own schedule.
Whether you move through 1–2 steps per day or one per week — the transformation is in your hands.
You have lifetime access, so there’s no rush. Only progress.
Every brick follows a clear structure:
📆 By the end of the bootcamp, you’ll have a written plan you can lean on every day—so the knowledge doesn’t just stay in theory. It turns into real, meaningful action that brings more ease, structure, and joy to your life with your bilingual child.
Day by day plan for bootcamp:
Day by day plan for bootcamp:
▪️ What is a bilingual home?
▪️ How long should a child live in the language for him to grow up as a balanced bilingual?
▪️ How do I understand what I want from my child and his language skills?
▪️ Why is bilingualism important for my family?
🌟Result of the built brick: secure your point A, understand at a deep level why it is important for you to preserve the target language?
▪️ How long should a child live in the language for him to grow up as a balanced bilingual?
▪️ How do I understand what I want from my child and his language skills?
▪️ Why is bilingualism important for my family?
🌟Result of the built brick: secure your point A, understand at a deep level why it is important for you to preserve the target language?
▪️ What affects my bilingual child's self-identification and how can I help him?
▪️ How does a family tree help shape the personality of my bilingual?
▪️ How to effectively spend time with your child to benefit our emotional connection?
▪️ What rituals can help us with this?
🌟Result of built bricks:
The child feels the strength and support of a large family. He feels important and respectful of his roots. You get to know your child better and your emotional connection makes your relationship with your child calmer and easier.
▪️ How does a family tree help shape the personality of my bilingual?
▪️ How to effectively spend time with your child to benefit our emotional connection?
▪️ What rituals can help us with this?
🌟Result of built bricks:
The child feels the strength and support of a large family. He feels important and respectful of his roots. You get to know your child better and your emotional connection makes your relationship with your child calmer and easier.
▪️ At what age and how to introduce a child to the target language alphabet?
▪️ What can you do to make it easy for your child to learn new words?
▪️ What do we recommend that a bilingual mother always have on hand?
▪️ How to develop my bilingual child’s sense of language from an early age?
🌟The result of the built bricks: the child will develop a sense of language, he will expand his active vocabulary, there will be more reasons for speaking your target language
▪️ What can you do to make it easy for your child to learn new words?
▪️ What do we recommend that a bilingual mother always have on hand?
▪️ How to develop my bilingual child’s sense of language from an early age?
🌟The result of the built bricks: the child will develop a sense of language, he will expand his active vocabulary, there will be more reasons for speaking your target language
▪️ How to turn life in your target language into a fairy tale for a child?
▪️ What needs to be done to ensure that your child speaks your target language even in your absence?
▪️ What should I do so that your child can play independently in your target language?
▪️ How to help a child experience emotions in your target language?
🌟The result of the built bricks: the child knows how to play independently in your target language, knows how to express emotions in your target language, the child speaks your target language even in your absence.
▪️ What needs to be done to ensure that your child speaks your target language even in your absence?
▪️ What should I do so that your child can play independently in your target language?
▪️ How to help a child experience emotions in your target language?
🌟The result of the built bricks: the child knows how to play independently in your target language, knows how to express emotions in your target language, the child speaks your target language even in your absence.
▪️ How to talk to a child in the presence of people who do not understand your language?
▪️ What and how to talk about at the table when the whole family gathers to develop the bilingual child’s speech?
▪️ How to watch cartoons with bilingual child to get the maximum benefit for the language?
▪️ Besides cartoons, what else should you offer your child to watch? What, on the contrary, would lead to a complete ban?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will have a new home tradition that will increase the amount of your target language in your home, and will also help you learn more about the life of your little one while you were not around. You will clearly know what to offer your bilingual child to watch and how to use screen time to benefit the language.
▪️ What and how to talk about at the table when the whole family gathers to develop the bilingual child’s speech?
▪️ How to watch cartoons with bilingual child to get the maximum benefit for the language?
▪️ Besides cartoons, what else should you offer your child to watch? What, on the contrary, would lead to a complete ban?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will have a new home tradition that will increase the amount of your target language in your home, and will also help you learn more about the life of your little one while you were not around. You will clearly know what to offer your bilingual child to watch and how to use screen time to benefit the language.
▪️ How to create bright emotions so that the child himself wants to speak your target language?
▪️ How to make a child fall in love with your target language culture?
▪️ How to unite bilingual friends for the benefit of the language, even those who do not speak your target language?
▪️ What tradition helps a child to be proud that he is involved in your target language culture?
🌟The result of the built bricks: the child will get to know and fall in love with your target language culture, you will start a tradition that will help you create some of the brightest and happiest moments of your bilingual’s childhood with benefits for the language and self-identification of the bilingual child.
▪️ How to make a child fall in love with your target language culture?
▪️ How to unite bilingual friends for the benefit of the language, even those who do not speak your target language?
▪️ What tradition helps a child to be proud that he is involved in your target language culture?
🌟The result of the built bricks: the child will get to know and fall in love with your target language culture, you will start a tradition that will help you create some of the brightest and happiest moments of your bilingual’s childhood with benefits for the language and self-identification of the bilingual child.
▪️ What item should be in every bilingual child’s room that helps with their self-identification?
▪️ How to introduce your child to your country even if you have never gone there?
▪️ What traditions help make your target language an emotionally close language, even on a subconscious level?
▪️ How to increase the amount of language around your bilingual child even in your absence?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will have an important item for a bilingual’s room, you will learn how to use this item to help your child awaken interest in your country. You will find out what subjects and resources will increase the amount of your target language language, even when you are not at home. And you will also learn how to make the your target language important and emotionally close even on a subconscious level for your bilingual.
▪️ How to introduce your child to your country even if you have never gone there?
▪️ What traditions help make your target language an emotionally close language, even on a subconscious level?
▪️ How to increase the amount of language around your bilingual child even in your absence?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will have an important item for a bilingual’s room, you will learn how to use this item to help your child awaken interest in your country. You will find out what subjects and resources will increase the amount of your target language language, even when you are not at home. And you will also learn how to make the your target language important and emotionally close even on a subconscious level for your bilingual.
▪️How to teach a child to play independently in your target language?
▪️How to develop imagination in your target language?
▪️Can a language teacher teach your target language?
▪️How to organize time after school/kindergarten? What toys should be in the home of every bilingual?
🌟The result of the built bricks: an important box with objects that will activate speech in your target language will appear in your bilingual’s room. You will know which toys are good for language development and which ones need to be thrown out of his/her room. You will learn how to organize a bilingual's free time.
▪️How to develop imagination in your target language?
▪️Can a language teacher teach your target language?
▪️How to organize time after school/kindergarten? What toys should be in the home of every bilingual?
🌟The result of the built bricks: an important box with objects that will activate speech in your target language will appear in your bilingual’s room. You will know which toys are good for language development and which ones need to be thrown out of his/her room. You will learn how to organize a bilingual's free time.
▪️How can I keep my child occupied while I need a distraction that is good for the language and without cartoons?
▪️How to strengthen the emotional connection between your long-distance relatives and your bilingual?
▪️How does the amount of speech a child hears affect his level of language proficiency?
▪️How to talk to a child so that he starts talking?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will have a family tradition that will help strengthen the emotional connection between your distant relatives and your bilingual, and will also increase the amount of living language. You will learn how to talk to your child correctly so that he speaks your target language confidently and freely.
▪️How to strengthen the emotional connection between your long-distance relatives and your bilingual?
▪️How does the amount of speech a child hears affect his level of language proficiency?
▪️How to talk to a child so that he starts talking?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will have a family tradition that will help strengthen the emotional connection between your distant relatives and your bilingual, and will also increase the amount of living language. You will learn how to talk to your child correctly so that he speaks your target language confidently and freely.
▪️How to effectively spend time with your child for language development when you are on the road, in line or at the doctor’s office?
▪️What books should bilingual children read and how to do it to benefit their speech?
▪️How to organize a home reading space?
▪️What is active reading and how to do it?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will learn how to use even the smallest time slots to develop the your target language in the life of your bilingual, you will have a checklist of recommended books from our librarian, and you will also learn how to introduce reading into a conversation in your target language and increase your bilingual’s vocabulary.
▪️What books should bilingual children read and how to do it to benefit their speech?
▪️How to organize a home reading space?
▪️What is active reading and how to do it?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will learn how to use even the smallest time slots to develop the your target language in the life of your bilingual, you will have a checklist of recommended books from our librarian, and you will also learn how to introduce reading into a conversation in your target language and increase your bilingual’s vocabulary.
▪️How to develop creativity in your target language for your bilingual?
▪️How to help your child speak if he doesn’t know how or doesn’t want to speak your target language? Where to begin?
▪️What will help your bilingual child with self-identification?
▪️What pitfalls are worth knowing about if you are planning a trip to your country with a child.
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will learn how creativity helps a child speak your target language , and you will also find an item that will help with your child’s self-identification.
▪️How to help your child speak if he doesn’t know how or doesn’t want to speak your target language? Where to begin?
▪️What will help your bilingual child with self-identification?
▪️What pitfalls are worth knowing about if you are planning a trip to your country with a child.
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will learn how creativity helps a child speak your target language , and you will also find an item that will help with your child’s self-identification.
▪️What should you keep in the car to increase the amount of language in your child’s life?
▪️How to increase the amount of your target language even when you are on the go?
▪️How to turn a walk into a language game?
▪️How not to stop the development of language at the everyday level?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will have an organized area for the child’s life when he is outside the home space, you will learn how to turn a walk into a game with benefits for the language, and also how to make sure that the your target language does not remain at the everyday level.
▪️How to increase the amount of your target language even when you are on the go?
▪️How to turn a walk into a language game?
▪️How not to stop the development of language at the everyday level?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will have an organized area for the child’s life when he is outside the home space, you will learn how to turn a walk into a game with benefits for the language, and also how to make sure that the your target language does not remain at the everyday level.
▪️Is it important for a bilingual child to be able to write and read in your target language?
▪️How and when to start teaching a child to write and read?
▪️How to track your child’s language progress?
▪️How to develop a child’s motivation to speak your target language?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will know whether it is worth teaching your child to read and write in your target language and, if so, how and when. You will create an annual tradition that will help you track your bilingual's language progress and motivate him to further master the language.
▪️How and when to start teaching a child to write and read?
▪️How to track your child’s language progress?
▪️How to develop a child’s motivation to speak your target language?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will know whether it is worth teaching your child to read and write in your target language and, if so, how and when. You will create an annual tradition that will help you track your bilingual's language progress and motivate him to further master the language.
▪️How does humor help preserve language?
▪️How to develop a sense of humor in your target language ?
▪️What tradition will give us a bag of laughter and emotions in your target language and will be remembered for a lifetime?
▪️How do positive emotions in your target language affect the desire to speak this language and how to create them?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will start a new tradition, which, through an abundance of positive emotions and laughter, will increase the child’s desire to speak your target language . This tradition will be your joker in moments when you feel that your child’s target language has “swimmed away”.
▪️How to develop a sense of humor in your target language ?
▪️What tradition will give us a bag of laughter and emotions in your target language and will be remembered for a lifetime?
▪️How do positive emotions in your target language affect the desire to speak this language and how to create them?
🌟The result of the built bricks: you will start a new tradition, which, through an abundance of positive emotions and laughter, will increase the child’s desire to speak your target language . This tradition will be your joker in moments when you feel that your child’s target language has “swimmed away”.
▪️ How to find time to study your target language if you work a lot?
▪️ What is important in raising a bilingual child, and what can be missed?
▪️ How to organize your day/week/month with a bilingual child so as not to miss anything?
▪️ What's next?
🌟 Result: you will understand how to organize your time with your child, even if you have catastrophically little of it, you will have a plan for the next 3 months that you can trust.
▪️ What is important in raising a bilingual child, and what can be missed?
▪️ How to organize your day/week/month with a bilingual child so as not to miss anything?
▪️ What's next?
🌟 Result: you will understand how to organize your time with your child, even if you have catastrophically little of it, you will have a plan for the next 3 months that you can trust.
All of this is designed to help you bring the target language into your home naturally—through play, connection, and everyday routines. You’ll be equipped with everything you need to raise a bilingual child with confidence and joy.
In addition to the 25-step system and daily guidance, you’ll get access to beautifully designed materials you can start using right away, including:
- A printable alphabet
- A checklist of 15-minute language-rich activities for busy days
- Curated book lists by age
- A list of age-appropriate cartoons that support language development
- Creative activity ideas for video calls with grandparents and extended family
- Printable flashcard game for family bonding through questions and conversation
- A handpicked list of the best board games for language play (with links)
- Printable scavenger hunt games to bring language learning outdoors
- A guide with links to top afterschool projects and activities that nurture curiosity and language skills
The BI HOME system is for
- Parent-to-be,Ideal for expectant parents eager to create a rich multilingual environment for their soon-to-arrive bundle of joy
- For families with babies and toddlers,Perfect for families with babies and toddlers, ages 0-3, aiming to provide the best linguistic and cultural foundation to foster their child's harmonious development
- Families with language imbalance,The go-to solution for families experiencing language imbalance where the environmental language interferes with your communication with your child
- For families who want to get ready for full time day at school/kindergarten in dominant languagePrepare your child for full-time day at school/kindergarten in the dominant language, foresee potential changes in the language situation, and get ready in advance
THE BEST TIME IS RIGHT NOW
Meet the People Behind BI HOME
The hearts and minds supporting you every step of the way on your bilingual parenting journey.
- Olga RojasAuthor of BI HOME and FounderThe creative mind behind the BI HOME system, Olga is a multilingual mama and master linguist fluent in Russian, English, German, and Spanish. With a U.S.-accredited Master’s in Linguistics and CELTA certification from the University of Cambridge, Olga has spent years working with immigrant children in U.S. schools. Her passion for preserving heritage languages led her to create BI HOME — a system designed to help families foster bilingualism with love, structure, and confidence.
- Michelle BruniBI HOME Copywriter and Editor, Bootcamp Curator & Voice of BI HOMEMichelle is the warm voice behind the BI HOME podcasts and the copywriter shaping your experience throughout the bootcamp. A mom herself, she’s raising her children in her non-native language, French — so she deeply understands both the challenges and the beauty of this journey. With a PhD in psychology and years of hands-on experience supporting multilingual families, Michelle brings both heart and clarity to every step. Her mission? To help you feel seen, supported, and confident as you build your bilingual home — one meaningful moment at a time.
Ready to transform your home into a bilingual haven?
Enroll in the Bilingual Home online course today and start building a linguistically rich and culturally vibrant environment for your family.
You don’t need to be perfect.You just need to start.
Let’s make your home a place where your language lives and your culture is cherished.
Let’s make your home a place where your language lives and your culture is cherished.
