do you/would you raise your kids in English?

Yes English is important to deal internationally, but the values of mother tongue is also important to lead personal life.

I do not have kids, and do not plan on having one in the near future.. Lol.=D
But if ever God has given me kids, I would raise them in Filipino of course.;) I agree with you that raising kids in our primary tongue should be the first priority.;)

English could be learned in school anyway.=D

yes, i would like to raise my kids in English as early as they know how to speak but still i will encourage them to speak Tagalog which is our primary language.
if kids are able to learn English early on in their lives, they will surely be more competitive and it'll boost their self-esteem.

Mother tongue goes first. Addional, child can learn more than one language. As far as i know, learning another language is helpful in exploring brain.
So i would raise my kid in both mother tongue and english.

Hi there. Well, English was the first language that my parents taught me as a child and I could see learning English first off to be more of an advantage rather than a disadvantage. I actually learned Filipino in Kindergarten but just because I needed to in order to make friends and stuff. (I initially didn't have any friend aside from the kids of the parents my Mom hang out with back then.) Being used to speaking in English helped me perform well academically since most subjects are, after all, taught in English. Knowing how to express myself rather well in English also helped boost my self-confidence, for some reason. So yes, when I do have kids of my own to raise, I'd prefer to teach them English as their first language.

Yes I think so

My father is a teacher and has taught me to speak English since I was kid.
The Catholic school where I graduated has "English Only Policy" except in our Filipino class.
This has become one of my success keys to work in multi-international companies and my previous bosses has told me that I speak English very fluent like a native speaker even on the phone.

I don't have kids now,'cause I am young.LOL!
But I am planning to teach my kids English in the future.
Not only because English is an international language and it can provide my kids with more opportunities,but also because I love English very much.I like speaking English and I am planning to go to English-speaking countries when I gets older.
So learning English will be a must for my children .

Yes we really have too since hubby and i are of different nationality so for our future kids, if God's will, we will raise them up speaking English as the main language and secondary language as Tagalog and Hindi.

I think this will be better for us, because if they speak my native tongue, hubby won't understand them, or vice versa. So for us, it will be normal to raise them using the international language.

My kids speaks english since they were small as their nanny only speaks english. I found it useful as english is not taken seriously in schools here and my kids were at an advantage when they are in the workforce as they are working for international firms and the medium of communication are all in english.

I do not have my own kid yet. But I am thinking that it would depend on who I end up marrying, like when my better half would be a foreigner, like that and where the kids would be raised. I would love to raise our future children as learning how to speak and write fluently both English (or other foreign language) and my native tongue, Filipino.

As kids, our parents raised us speaking in Tagalog at home. We basically learned English from school, media and privileges of travelling. My thinking is that when I am with fellow Filipinos and in the country, I'd prefer to converse in Filipino. I'd only relate with somebody in English when needed, like foreigners or for business purposes or in other countries.