Written by Multilingual Promise’s Chief of Operations, Ilyssa Foxx, this article shares insights from a focus group with Chinese-speaking families in LA County, highlighting the need for stronger support for both home language and English development, along with clearer guidance from early learning systems. The findings offer important implications for educators, funders, and policymakers—underscoring the urgency of investing in early learning environments that integrate and build on children’s languages in instruction and interaction