No, it’s not a pencil sharpener. (Though that’s important, too, I guess. ) The thing I’m talking about is undoubtedly the most important thing of all. Without it, in fact, your odds of successfully raising a bilingual child will plummet dramatically. And this is true no matter how knowledgeable you are about bilingualism, or how crafty you’ve been in constructing your plans. What is it? Well, first, I should tell you why this thing is on my mind today. There