Nidhi Verma

We've been thinking about why kids respond differently to stories in their mother tongue vs. dubbed or translated versions. Same plot, same characters, but something different happens when a child hears a story in the language of their grandparents.

For parents who tell or play stories in your native language: what have you noticed? Do kids ask for the same story in different languages? Do they connect with cultural references differently? Has hearing stories in the mother tongue changed how they relate to family abroad?

Building Pitara Stories with bilingual reading as a core feature has taught us something interesting: once kids start school, the dominant language takes over and it gets harder to keep the mother tongue alive at home. This is a universal challenge but solutions vary wildly.

Curious to hear from this community: if you're raising bilingual kids, what's actually worked for you? Books, video calls with grandparents, weekend immersion, apps, songs? What stuck and what didn't?