33. French bias in the USA - with Marie Thouvenot

Send us Fan MailMy guest today is Marie,  a fellow European bringing up kids in the United States. Born in France, Marie lives in Michigan with her American husband and two children.  We talk about what it's like to try and maintain your mother tongue as the minority language in your household and country, and how to create the need to use "your" language, while accepting that your kids are growing up in another country and culture.She even founded her own French school with other expats in order to support her kids' learning. Other topics - of course - are the weird and wonderful differences in French and American culinary cultures, the difference between peaches and coconuts, and how we can create beauty by mixing cultures.  If you want to find out more about Marie, check out her blog, French Bias, where she talks about bringing up multilingual kids, expat life in the US from a French perspective, and lots and lots of information about food and food culture, as well as language learning resources.  And if you feel the urge, feel free to buy me a coffee!