As a youth, "young time", I was raised speaking Pidgin, broken Japanese, and learning proper English.  Communicating with my parents and grandparents required Pidgin and Japanese because this enriched the conversation, meaning everyone knew fully what was being said.  Pidgin had its place in the past and today I use Pidgin words and phrases to make the conversation more colorful, or to bring back the thoughts and feelings of our youthful days in a short story I just completed for our 60th High School Reunion.  Pidgin is Pidgin and should remain as how we did things in the past, and not be formalized into a language.  I think it is more productive and a lot more interesting to learn languages such as Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Portuguese...the list goes on.   As Pidgin gives us an appreciation of our "young time," learning these languages will enable us to appreciate other countries and their cultures.