As a country founded by immigrants, the United States (U.S.) has a long history of multilingualism. Multilingualism is associated with better linguistic awareness (Aronin & Singleton 2012; Bialystok, 2002), cognitive advantages (Aronin & Singleton 2012), and social benefits (Baker, 2001). The need for and value of multilingualism in an increasingly diverse society is obvious. This study explores the experience of parents who made a successful effort to raise their children to speak more than one language in the United States. Nine participants whose children were above 13 years old and able to understand and speak at least one language other than English were interviewed, and a conventional qualitative content analysis of the interviews was conducted. This analysis yielded the following categories or themes: (a) parents' difficult experience of learning additional languages in their youth, (b) parents' own career benefits of being multilingual, (c) a desire to promote and preserve cultural and familial connections by using culture-of-origin languages, (d) raising children to be multilingual due to perceived benefits, (e) proactively seeking ways to promote culture-of-origin language learning, (f) conflicts over child's unwillingness to learn or use culture-of-origin language, (g) coping with children's resistance to learning culture-of-origin language, (h) feeling rewarded when their children successfully learn culture-of-origin language, (i) implicitly deciding to raise children multilingually, and (j) children experiencing closer family relationships because of their fluency in the culture-of-origin language. Clinical application for multilingual therapists and clients and limitations and further research are discussed. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]