Father and Son

December 3, 2018, Monday at around 2:50pm. I was on my way to Manila City Hall, to process some errands. Suddenly, I noticed a man with his son (the son looks like 2-3years old), the father was holding his son’s arm while walking. I didn’t see what the son is doing few seconds before I cross their path. However, when I was near them, I heard the father said “pesteng bata ka” (excuse me for saying those words). It’s like it broke my heart and thought of talking to the father. On the contrary, I didn’t do anything to speak to the man ‘coz I don’t like to make any mess. It’s just that those words are the words that we don’t want to hear from someone.

As a parent, I know sometimes we’re about to lose our patience in taking care of our little ones. However, we don’t want to see our kids reflect from us when they grow up. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why some kids tend to bully because they got it from their parent/s.

My fellow parent/s, what attitude are we showing to our child? Are we a good role model to them? Let’s try to assess ourselves…