{"id":2816,"date":"2017-09-28T11:22:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2018-03-21T12:33:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:33:02","slug":"bilingual-individuals-superior-social-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/28\/bilingual-individuals-superior-social-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilingual Individuals Have Superior Social Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2816\" class=\"elementor elementor-2816 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-w93f18n elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"w93f18n\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7diynj\" data-id=\"b7diynj\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4r4pnw9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4r4pnw9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Being bilingual has some obvious advantages. Learning more than one language enables new conversations and new experiences. But in recent years, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/18\/opinion\/sunday\/the-benefits-of-bilingualism.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">psychology<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">researchers<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">have<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">demonstrated<\/span><\/a> some less obvious advantages of bilingualism, too. For instance, bilingual children may enjoy certain cognitive benefits, such as improved executive function \u2014 which is critical for problem solving and other mentally demanding activities.<\/p><p>Now, two new studies demonstrate that multilingual exposure improves not only children\u2019s cognitive skills but also their social abilities.<\/p><p>With Little Sponges, children can begin learning two languages as early as six months old. 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