Abusive father
Posted by Adie on April 24th, 2008. Filed under: Family Matters.I’ve gotten into the habit of watching whatever my brother is watching on tv, dvd/vcd or YouTube. My reason is two-fold: I get to watch whatever he’s watching plus I get to monitor if what he’s watching is appropriate or not. Meaning, I act as his personal censors board.
He watches Pinoy Big Brother daily. He’s gotten into the habit of watching the noon time streaming, the 5pm update Uber and the primetime PBB show. I’ve noticed this father who is verbally abusive not just to his son but also to other people in the Big Brother house. The father I am talking about is John, Kevin’s father. He hails from Spain and is here, admittedly, to seek funds for his son’s equestrian dreams.
I saw an episode a couple of days ago wherein he is bullying his son into having a circumcision. Big Brother made a deal with the father that if Kevin acquiesces to a circumcision, 100 other kids will be given free circumcision as well. Kevin was really angry with his father because:
*he couldn’t believe that his father would tell other people that he was not yet circumcised
*John, the father, was bullying his son into undergoing circumcision when Kevin does not want to change whatever in his body
*John was swearing at his son and calling him names the whole time they were arguing
What I found extremely alarming with that scenario was that Big Brother did not put a stop to the father’s bullying. No, let me correct that. It was not just bullying. It was already verbal abuse!
And you know what, the abuse never stops. I saw a teaser shown this afternoon while we were watching Uber. John is in his verbal abusive mode again and this time, the teener Josef and his aunt are the targets. The nerve of the guy! Watch the episode tonight and see for yourselves.
I do believe PBB should do something about this guy. They are sending wrong signals to everyone watching the show. Is abuse a form of entertainment nowadays? Is that it? Are they letting John go un-reprimanded because his abuses will draw a guaranteed audience?
Preposterous! Something should be done to this abusive father and pronto!
*grr
April 24th, 2008 at 12:05 am
[...] I have been watching Pinoy Big Brother, the local version of the popular reality tv franchise. I am just concerned over what the show imparts to the number of teens watching it thrice a day. My brother who is a 16-year-old teener watches it daily. He watches the noon time video streaming, the 5pm update Uber as well as the primetime show at 9pm. What alarms me is that the show has a verbally abusive father who shouts and curses at his son, Kevin, another housemate Josef and Josef’s aunt Anna. I have ranted about it here… [...]
April 24th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
i watched that episode too. I guess Big Brother plays it fair by not censoring, reality show kasi eh. Iba ang culture ni John, kaya nga big brother reminded him na andito sya sa pilipinas. ako honestly ok ang na mapanood ko yun, at least i have an idea how other people with different cultures react. pero tama ka din, di magandang mapanood ng kabataan, my daughter watches it too pero kasama ko sya, so i try to explain to her kung bakit ganun ang mga pangyayari.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
i didn’t know that was the reason why the kid did it. i don’t watch PBB kasi, but yeah something should be done about it. the show is not exactly promoting verbal abuse of parents, but it’s not trying to say it’s wrong either. i don’t think it’s a good idea to have this broadcasted on national TV. plus it’s really not good for kevin.
April 24th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
I’m not into watching tv these days and I find this info you shared really alarming! Yup, I think ang pinakanakakatakot ay kung maraming mga hindi pa gaano nakakaintindi, lalo na ang mga kabataan, na nanonood ng ganitong kaganapan. Kasi, kung pinapalabas ng show na pinapakita nila ang “totoong buhay” at walang nakabantay at magbibigay linaw sa mga napapanood ng mga bata na hindi magaganda, puwedeng mali ang matutunan nilang aral galing dito.