2017 our foundation implemented a project “At Our Home We Speak Polish”. It was a 7-episode program, co-funded by the Polish Chancellery of the Senate. It was broadcast on TVP Polonia channel as well as on many other channels for the Polish diaspora all over the world.

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USA is a country with the highest number of the Polish diaspora, and the Polish emigration has a long tradition there. The program was prepared in cooperation with our local partners, and touches upon the issue of bringing up children in a bilingual system.

Families with Polish roots face a strong stereotype that a child born outside of Poland will never be able to speak Polish well. The result of such way of thinking is very limited knowledge of the mother tongue by the young generation of the Polish diaspora not only in the US, but also in other countries.

At the same time, there are many other families, who, with a right attitude to their Polish identity, emphasize the role of Polish language, tradition and culture in the process of upbringing their children – they raise their children in two, sometimes even three languages, and the level of their Polish more often than not is nearly as good as the level of Polish children raised in Poland.

Our programs depict positive patterns of behavior and stories told by families living on the US East Coast, who successfully raise their children in bilingual system.