It seems like the majority of childcare options in my area are bilingual. There are lots of bilingual families, but a lot of the childcare advertisements seem to be targeted at monolingual families. I've seen advertisements for big centers as well as small in home daycares that say your child will be bilingual within one year. When I go to the park or the library, most of the nannies are bilingual. In my neighborhood, even most of the monolingual families now have bilingual children. I think it's great and wonder if they will retain their ability to speak and understand both languages as they get older.
With the public schools, there is a lot of variation, with some offering two way bilingual programs or second language instruction right from kindergarten and others not offering any kind of second language until high school.
What about in your area? Does there seem to be a big push toward bilingualism for everyone,especially for toddlers?
Re: bilingual childcare
I took French in high school and college and DH took German. He also spoke Germam for two years as a missionary. He can still speak it where as I can hardly read French any more.