If English is the language of communication at home and the language of the majority in the surrounding society, this behaviour is normal.

The child has a very good awareness of bilingualism, his own and that of the Francophone parent in the family (or of the two Francophone parents, if that is the case). In general, a child who goes through bilingual language development becomes aware of their bilingualism around the age of three.

The child is reflecting the reality that surrounds them in which English dominates.

It’s the law of least effort: the child’s parents can still understand him/her. Statistically speaking, from the child’s point of view, French is not as useful as English.

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