Ugh, English almost caused our marriage to end! My husband refused to learn English for several years. This baffled my family, made it very hard for my husband to find work, and to be honest–it just really made me feel hurt.

First, I want to recommend this site with foreign language and ESL jobs: ESL and Foreign Language Job Board. You will find everything from private tutoring in Spanish, English, and most other languages to jobs for ESL teachers in other countries.

In some families, children automatically become bilingual. When a child interacts with one or more caretakers (whether parents, other relatives, or a non-family member such as a nanny) in one language, and interacts in a different language with other...

I am not really sure how to contain all of the issues in one post. Marriages like mine–in which the wife (that’s me) is Western and the husband is from the Middle East or East–will tend to...

There are several sticky situations in the immigration process, plus a few details that KEPT confusing me during the early stages of the process. Here are a few: 1) The spouse of a US citizen can...

My husband’s religion has basically the same roots as mine. He is Orthodox (Christian, not Jewish Orthodox), so his religious traditions are somewhat similar to Catholic. I grew up Presbyterian. We are pretty flexible and accepting of each other’s...