Last week, actress Gwyneth Paltrow made headlines when it was reported that she urges her children–daughter Apple, who is 9, and son Moses, who is 7–to speak only in Spanish. Paltrow learned Spanish herself when she was a teenager and is trying to make sure both her kids grow up bilingual too because it's obvious she knows the benefits of bilingualism first-hand.
And she's not the only famous parent out there doing so …
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Here's a list of other celebs who are also raising bilingual kids:
Ricky Martin
In a recent Ellen interview, the Puerto Rican hearttrhob revealed that his 5-year-old twin sons, Matteo and Valentino, are actually growing up trilingual. He speaks to them in Spanish at home and they're learning English and French in school.
Salma Hayek
Valentina Paloma Pinault is another child of a celebrity who's growing up trilingual. Her mother, Salma Hayek, speaks to her in Spanish, of course, while her father, French billionaire François-Henri Pinault teaches her French.
Shakira
Colombiana Shakira speaks four languages (Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian) so together with her beau Gerard Pique, I'm sure little Milan will be growing up multilingual too.
Jennifer Lopez
When J.Lo was still married to Marc Anthony, she said in an interview that they were raising their twins, Emme and Max, bilingual with the help of a nanny who spoke to them only in Spanish while they took care of English.
Gwyneth Paltrow
If you heard her speak Spanish, you'd think Gwyneth Paltrow was from Spain! The actress learned the language as a teen when she was an exchange student in la Madre Patria and is reportedly making sure her two kids with Coldplay's Chris Martin grow up bilingual.
Jessica Alba
A while after Jessica Alba's daughter, Honor, was born, she told the magazine Siempre Mujer that she had hired a Hispanic studies professor to teach her and her little girl Spanish because she wanted to make sure her daughter grew up bilingual, a gift she didn't have despite her Mexican heritage.
Antonio Banderas
Stella, Antonio Banderas' daughter with Melanie Griffith, grew up between Los Angeles and Spain, so there's no doubt the 17-year-old girl is completely bilingual!
