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John Arcilla: Children should take care of their aging parents

Published Apr 6, 2024 02:46 am

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  • In a lengthy post on Facebook on April 6, John shared his views on children's role in caring for their parents when they grow old. 
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John Arcilla (Facebook)

Award-winning Filipino actor John Arcilla believes it is the natural duty of children to take care of their parents.

In a lengthy post on Facebook on April 6, John shared his views on children's role in caring for their parents when they grow old. His full post:

"This is not a rebuttal to anyone, this is just my take on parent-children relationship generally speaking. 'utang na loob' and 'obligasyon' are wrong words pag ang usapan ay mga magulang na ating pinanggalingan. Hindi naman talaga utang na loob o obligasyon ang pagkupkop o pagtulong sa mga tumatandang magulang- dahil ito ay normal at natural na duty ng mga anak.

"Kasing normal nung inaalagaan nila tayo nung maliit pa. Pinakain, dinamitan iginapang, at pinag aral. Tama naman na responsibilidad yun ng mga magulang sa walang muwang na mga anak, kaya responsibilidad din ng bawat anak na alagaan at arugain ang mga magulang pag matatanda na, mahihina na at wala ng lakas at resource para magtrabaho at asikasuhin ang sarili. katulad natin nung inalagaan at tinustusan pa nila nung sanggol pa tayo kasi hindi pa natin kayang alagaan at tustusan ang ating sarili, hanggang sa makatapos ng pag-aaral. That is the normal cycle of life.

"Tayo bilang tao ay tagapag alaga at tagapag-taguyod ng mas mahina kaysa sa atin, maging hayop man ito o kapwa tao - e di lalo na pag magulang na natin ang mahina na at nangangailangan na ng tulong. Hindi na dapat nagiging issue yon.

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"Ngayon, kung naging masama silang magulang o pinamigay nila tayo sa ibang tao - ibang level ng kwento yun- dun lang siguro magkakaroon ng iba’t ibang pamantayan kung responsibilidad pa din ba sila ng mga anak.

"Pero generally speaking,obligahin man nila tayo o hindi, responsibilidad natin sila - yun ang normal. Yun ang natural na cycle ng buhay. Kaya nga dapat habang lumalaki ang tao at nangangarap, kasama sa plano natin at ng ating mga kapatid kung paano aalagaan ang mga magulang natin pag tanda nila.

"Kasi aminin mo, pag tanda natin gusto din nating makita ang mga anak natin sa ating tabi, makasama sila hanggang sa huling sandali. Mahirap man sabihin o aminin gusto natin na sila ang mag alaga at magbantay sa atin kaysa ibang tao, hanggang tayo ay malagutan ng hininga, na posibleng hindi mangyari kung habang lumalaki ang mga anak natin ay hindi naman nila nakikita na inaalagaan natin ating mga magulang.

"Ano ang kanilang magiging halimbawa at basehan, kung ang ating responsibilidad at duty sa ating mga magulang ay hindi natin ginagawa sa halip ay kinuwestion pa natin?

"Mas malamang magiging ganun din sa atin ang ating mga anak. Kaya kung pinapangarap din nating makasama at alagaan tayo ng ating mga anak. Ipakita natin sa kanila na normal at natural ang pag alaga at pag aruga ng ating mga magulang. *Picture grabbed from Laughing Squid @ Pinterest

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