Maybe there’s room for something gentler: letting children know they don’t need to change any part of themselves to belong Maybe there’s room for something gentler: letting children know they don’t need to change any part of themselves to belong M ost mornings in our house feel like a friendly little language carnival spinning through the kitchen. Before the kids even put on their shoes for school, they’ve already cycled through three languages – joking in Hindi, arguing in Pashto and