Pinoy Parenting Talks – Strict Parents?

February 13, 2009
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Pinoy Parenting Talks – Strict Parents? (more...)

  • Izy

    My parents are not that strict and I cannot participate anyway since I have only a father left and we’re currently out of the coutnry

    • Kaye

      If I know, if you’d know that it’s a handsome and cute guy you would return to the Philippines immediately. Haha.

      • http://www.kevinpaquet.com Kevin Paquet

        May tama ka!

    • http://www.kevinpaquet.com Kevin Paquet

      Sayang, anyways, you’re not in the mid class but above average, rich girl! ahaha

  • Princess

    Wow, Off Topic muna, this is your third post in a row for this evening. Back on blogging na huh?

    On topic: My parents are not strict either. I dunno, but I think we would fit the middle class requirement, just that I am a bit spoiled, or a bit too much?

    • http://www.kevinpaquet.com Kevin Paquet

      I’m still too lazy to fix my categories and some template edits that could bring me back into the blogging mood.

      I know your parents ain’t strict HAHA

  • Joseph

    Our family of Princess is very NOT strict dude, but I’d be interested in taking care of a girl? hehe joke lang.

  • http://tribechat.org tribechat

    mga magulang nga naman stricto para sa kapakanan ng children naman eh..

    ei.. naku san po ba pwede madownload ang Revolution Pro Media theme and other REV themes?

    may bayad po ba ang themes na to? pls reply..

  • Jamie

    My parents are strict and I can live with it. I’m used to it and I believe that lenient parents bring out the best in you.

  • Jesse James

    I feel bad for people who has cancer. :( what more kids? :( makes me so sad. Glad this organization in the Philippines exist so they can help kids with cancer. do you want to help? http://projectbravekids.org/home.php

  • kaye

    my parents are strict on the right way.we always comproise and they always remind me that they do trust me.

    me boyfreind's parents is way too strict. i mean. he is a boy, and god, he is already 20 years old and still not allowed to do lots of stuffs especially having a girlfriend. he'll be allowed only, if, he already graduated med school.. well that is still couple of years from now, and yeah btw, im a med student as well.isnt it enough?

  • http://www.bente-unerz36.deviantart.com Janine

    for your information, Filipino Parents were ranked 2nd most strict in Asia. I remember my classmate who told me that when he gets 89 in a card, he'll get grounded immediately by his parents (and he's not even top student in my batch). as for me, having at least one failing grade in a card is worth grounding me for the summer vacation :P

    and yes, I live in the Philippines :)

  • Clarissa Reyes

    My parents don't appear to be strict but when I tend to be loose on some nights, they become suddenly strict! Like for example… If I tell them that I will be dating the Boyfriend, they'd be fine with it. But when the clock strikes 9 in the evening and I'm not home yet because as I've said I'm dating the Boyfriend they would start to panic and transform into the personas of strict parents. Gets mo? The strictness continues until the end of the night–by the time I get home but it eventually disappears the next morning.

    My parents are okay when it comes to stuff like relationships but they are very persistent in instilling stuff that I should remember ie not getting pregnant early so that I won't be ruining my academic life, that I should have nice grades all the time so that I'd have an easy jumpstart to a good future, etc. And yes, I get painfully reprimanded for having "low" aka MEDIOCRE grades! Coming from a middle-class family here. :P

  • Clarissa Reyes

    But anyway Kevin, I don't think the low-grades factor is exclusive to the Filipino family alone. I think every parent in this world would be so disappointed if they'd see ugly grades in their kid's progress report. Of course every parent has a mindset that a good academic record is the way to a better future (EHEM EHEM TO THE PINOY TEENS TEAM HAHA JOKE) so they get disappointed if they see their kids not delivering to this expectation. Another thing is, with all the financial difficulties our parents are facing right now–nakakabadtrip talaga ang makakakita ng ugly grades especially if you're sending your kid to a costly top-tiered school (*cough cough again LOL!) But that is just me! :P Maybe you can talk about the strictness of Filipino families when it comes to boyfriend-girlfriend stuff… Pre-marital sex or what!

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  • Anonymous

    Guess what? My parents are even strict than all of the parents I ever heard in my life.

    I'm April and I'm 21 years old and still my Father punishes me by his metal belt and spank me. He yelled at me whenever he feels mad at me, He gives us curfew together with my sister and my sister is 24. I'm always not allowed to get out of my house. I have a chaperon when I was in College (like a baby sitter). I'm never had a boyfriend in my life, because my parents are so strict. I'm not allowed to wear dark makeup. I'm not allowed to wear daring clothes. I never interact with boys in my life. I think they are going to be strict to me until I reach my 30's age because I have observed that some of my cousins living abroad are guided by their parents and living with them. And my Father's sister's and brothers are neighbors since they have their own family together with my grandparents. My Father and his siblings are still getting some advices on how to treat us properly with their 88 years old mother. I mean come on? I'm living in a hell life. I'm not mad that they are doing this to me because of so many reasons to protect me from danger but this is too much really. My parents are so paranoid about dangers in life like being raped, being holdap, being kidnapped, and other accidents happening to other people now a days. I know they love me so much and they don't want me to fall into danger, but i'm not gonna stay with them forever. I'm growing up, I need space, I want to have freedom and I want to have a normal life like others have. I always know what's right and wrong, I don't go to a club late at night, I don't smoke, I don't even drink alcohol. I don't know why they could not trust me. I don't follow my friends if they are doing a bad example, I'm still the same person who always follows the right thing.

    Because my father looks like he's going to kill me if he tried to punish me, I tried to shout and I know it's wrong but I want to limit his rules of treating me like a child. I always compare American culture to Asian culture, teenagers in USA have different treatment of parents to their children unlike here in the Philippines. Since I live here in the Philippines, I think I'm going to suffer in pain because of how my parents treat me. I know this is kind a violence to some other countries but it's normal here in our country. How I wish this will be over, I just think it's so unfair for us to be in this kind of situation because it also depends on our culture and the culture in America. That's why I'm so jealous to Taylor Momsen she can do whatever she wants to do at a young age.

  • anonymous

    So I decided to look up this topic because an hour ago, my dad got mad at my sister for waking up late for the ACT's (her alarm did not go off). This past week has been filled with my parents yelling at my sister and I. Tuesday I got in trouble for coming home at 9:30 because I has dance practice for Simbang Gabi. I also got a stare down passing my mom because it took me a bit longer to get ready for school (we had to leave early). Wednesday I got lectured (mostly by my mom) because they couldn't find the school that I was practicing for Simbang Gabi since I couldn't get a ride from my friend.

    My parents are strict, yes they let me hang out with friends, but with a limit. I used to get spanked by the slipper or the hand when I was little. I'm still a teen, and have that urge of just a bit more freedom. I do not dare get a boyfriend until later on because it will disappoint my parents. Every time I would get lectured, I would feel that I kept making the same mistakes and my confidence level would plumage. I know that they are doing this because they love me and want to instill good values in me, but I guess I just want 1 month where my parents would not get mad at me for little things, getting a B on my grade, or anything else.