In our family, we usually get relatives who are close to us as godparents to the little ones. It makes sense considering the godparents act as second parents to the kids. Imagine getting a co-worker as a godparent. And then two years after, you resign from work and hardly ever see your co-worker again. What [...]
When my mom died, we learned the relatives who really care for us. It was not a sudden death but it was still devastating for us. Who found it easy to lose a mother, anyway? But those who really care for us made it easier to move on. They made it a whole lot easier [...]
Do you actually tolerate a 16-year-old girl pole dancing? I mean, what kind of a parent are you if you can look at your underage kid dancing like an adult woman enticing a man? A celebrity family got a lot of flack from different sectors of society for letting their popular teenage girl pole dance [...]
I always remind my siblings not to tell anybody the issues that we need to resolve as a family. There are matters that should be kept within the family only. Like financial matters. Unless the person is really close to the family, then he or she shouldn’t be given information about money matters. It’s just [...]
Inheritance is a big issue among family members. Those rich families are actually hiring top guns in the field of law and finance to help them fight their rights out. Think of that oil magnate who was unfortunate enough to have married Anna Nicole Smith. The oil magnate’s son fought it out with Smith in [...]
The Department of Education (DepEd) is rallying behind the inclusion of sex education in Nursery. Yes, you read it right, in Nursery! Just imagine teaching 3 or 4-year-old kids about the birds and the bees. I can understand the need for sex ed in high school. Teens are really exploring their sexuality already. But for [...]
I cannot believe the showbiz news report I read… An 11-year old rising star of a major TV network in the country is the breadwinner of their family. An 11-year old kid??? I can’t believe the mentality of my fellowmen. Why would you depend your family’s finances on a child? An 11-year-old kid should be [...]
I know there will be varied reactions to this kind of situation. Let me tell you about a family squabble when the three eldest children discovered that their father is already seeing someone less than a year that their mother passed away… The three girls were already suspecting that their father is already seeing someone [...]
It’s really sad how a divorce affects the kids. Some grow up to have hang ups in life. Some suffer from psychological problems. Some pretend to be unaffected but deeply scarred by it. I know there was a point back in the past when my parents almost separated. They were constantly fighting about my mom’s [...]
Going on a trip with the family is never easy. We are a bunch of impatient persons in a normal setting. When on the road, that doubles or triples in level. My siblings are not easily awed. You need to give them something that will blow their minds off. My dad, too. Plus, my family [...]
There are mothers who find it hard to express their love for their child(ren). My grandmother’s like that. Her bitterness over her marriage’s painful breakdown was evident over the way she treated my mom. Through the years, I never saw her show my mom love. I never heard her say anything nice to her. She [...]
The whole family spent the day after Christmas at Tagaytay City. We went to the Picnic Grove (as usual), ate lunch at Josephine’s and spent the remainder of the day at People’s Park. We were supposed to go elsewhere but the traffic prevented us. It seemed like everyone else was in Tagaytay that day as [...]
My uncle is a very jealous person. I think it stems from the fact that he’s away from his family, working abroad to provide a better future for them. He checks on his wife every half hour or so. It’s not that he doesn’t trust her. He just wants to make sure that she’s with [...]
Whenever I hear this Kenny G song, I remember my brother. The song is from the soundtrack of Dying Young. My brother died young. I still miss him a lot… It’s been years but there’s still a lot of why’s and what if’s in my mind when I think of my brother. I will forever [...]
This year, our family went on vacation only once. In Bagac, Bataan during the summer. Unlike in the past years, there’s nothing much special on that trip. We were disappointed with the place. It was not like what we were told. The strong, big waves prevented us from enjoying the beach. The black sand was [...]
