How many people are raising their kids to be bilingual English - other
Many people are spending years in school for English now. Will you raise your kids with English at home? My wife who is from the Philippines learned English first, then the local dialect from kids in the neighborhood, then Tagalog in school along with English. I had a French tutor who was raised speaking English, French, and Korean. When with her mother only they spoke French, when with her Father alone they spoke Korean, and together English.

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How many people are raising their kids to be bilingual English - other
Many people are spending years in school for English now. Will you raise your kids with English at home? My wife who is from the Philippines learned English first, then the local dialect from kids in the neighborhood, then Tagalog in school along with English.  I had a French tutor who was raised speaking English, French, and Korean. When with her mother only they spoke French, when with her Father alone they spoke Korean, and together English.

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You cannot "raise kids to be bilingual"
because
it's a natural process
as "blinigual" is a person who has two NATIVE languages
and thus able to use both equally fluently

if you learn one foreign language -- you aren't bilingual
and if you learn two foreign language -- you aren't trilingual
fourlingual
or more

I'm bilingual, so I know what I'm talikng about.

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I wanted to raise our daughter bilingually , Cornish and English, but my wife only speaks English and by the time we adopted her she was starting to talk, so we stuck to English, apart from simple things such as counting and playing Hide and Seek. I now regret not using more Cornish with her, because English is such an all pervasive language in today's world, and she will now find it difficult to learn another language. I often feel that being a native English speaker is more of a curse than a blessing.

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