This pilot study investigates the language socialization practices in Paraguayan families. Parents or primary caregivers act as linguistic models for their children. Paraguayan parents, from a small community, through both their language attitudes and daily practices, are socializing their children to be effective communicators in their bilingual community. Linguistic Dynamics Paraguay has a unique linguistic dynamic. Some sociolinguists have labeled Paraguay as a diglossic society, where Spanish is the "high variety" or formal language and the indigenous language of Guaraní the "low variety" or social language. Historical Background/Importance Since 1989, when the dictator Alfredo Stronsenner was over thrown, Paraguay has been moving towards a new society where Paraguayans are protecting their culture to ensure a long life in modern times. One way of doing this is by acknowledging that Paraguay is the first country in the South American continent that recognizes the official character of its indigenous language. Furthermore, government officials made a political move making bilingual education mandatory. Ten years after government officials have passed these language policies, do Paraguayan families still see language use in their community in this dichotomous fashion? Language Attitudes In June of 2002, as part of another study, 27 parents (all with children attending first grade in a local elementary school at the time) were interviewed regarding their linguistic attitudes toward their first grader's bilingualism. This study's results illustrate that a majority of these parents value bilingualism. However, all parents see the Spanish language more important than Guaraní in their child's life. Linguistic Practices in the Home Keeping this sample's linguistic attitudes in mind, the next step in understanding language socialization practices in this community is to investigate actual family interaction to see how language practices shape this linguistic environment and its dichotomous view of language. A subset of six Paraguayan families from this sample were videotaped during two family meals and then interviewed regarding meal practices in their families. It seems as though language use during family meals is congruent with parental linguistic attitudes. There also seems to be some trends in language use and linguistic gender differences in this sample of families. Interesting trends are also seen in terms of the functions of each language during a family interaction. Implications The results from this pilot study begin to illustrate that these Paraguayan parents seem to still be modeling this dichotomous or diglossic view of bilingualism despite the language policies implemented by officials in an attempt to give the indigenous language a more legitimate position in Paraguayan society.