english: Before the 1960s, bilingualism was considered a handicap that slowed a child's development by forcing them to spend too much energy distinguishing between languages, a view based largely on flawed studies.
non_english: Pre 1960-ih, dvojezičnost se  smatrala hendikepom koji je usporavao razvoj deteta primoravajući ih da potroše  previše energije na pravljenje razlika između jezika, stanovište umnogome zasnovano  na manjkavim studijama.