More than half of the world's population today is bilingual, meaning they are able to use two languages ​​with equal fluency, and sixty-six percent of children are raised to speak more than one language. At the same time, only 6.3% of children in the United States are raised this way. To keep up with the times, many school systems around the world practice bilingual education, or teach two languages ​​simultaneously. Bilingual education in kindergarten or earlier is not a common practice in the United States, which is very disadvantageous for students. Bilingualism has many positive effects on physical and mental health, and it even has social and emotional benefits. It has been proven that bilingualism can have positive effects on the mind as early as seven months, and some researchers suggest that the mind is best able to absorb a new language between birth and the age of seven. years. For this reason, bilingual education should be implemented in United States school systems starting in kindergarten or even earlier. Bilingual education is common practice in nine of the world's top ten education systems. In countries like Luxembourg, up to ninety-nine percent of residents are bilingual, and around fifty-six percent of the European Union is bilingual. More than one hundred and fifty major studies have confirmed the cognitive benefits of bilingualism. Bilingual students have been proven to outperform monolingual students, or students who only speak one language, in areas that aren't even language-related. Studies show that there is a very strong correlation between foreign language and spatial reasoning skills, meaning that bilingual people have a...... middle of paper ......ly. The mind would be strengthened and sharpened in the later years of life, and even in non-language areas like mathematics. Memory would be increased and diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's could be avoided through bilingualism. More of the brain would be used to its full potential consistently. Children would learn to accept more cultures and have a more open mindset to change if bilingualism was achieved at an early age, and they would be able to better control their emotions on their own. If bilingual education took place in kindergarten or earlier, America's children would be better prepared in many ways to face the world as it is today and where it is heading. Let's give current and future students one of the greatest gifts possible: bilingualism through bilingual education..