Way back the time when you can move anywhere safe and sound. The time that you will not be afraid not to lock your doors at night before going to sleep. When you're free traveling from one place to another. But today it's to risky. Our society today is very different from yesterday. Our young generation is very different from our time. And take note on how kids discipline applied today! Yesteryear's kids were easy to handle. You just wink your eyes what you mean for them to do and they got it. But today most parents experienced a lot of hardship dealing with their children. May be it is the kind of generation they're in. Just like my kids, I used to make excuses of their behavior towards me not to get angry at them at all times. And I know that I'm not alone of this crusade, because this is a common topic of my friends, who also had kids like me whenever we have a gathering. And even my neighbors they were also complaining about this kind of problem. As I have observed there's no perfect theory regarding application of perfect parenting in today's generation because of the big influence our kids got from the their friends and the people outside our home. And the gadgets their using now for fun and leisure. But, as parents we had to assist ourselves, too. Do we attend to their needs? Are we around when they want to talk to us about their troubles? Do we give them advice when they need it? Did we give them the courage to be strong or telling them that we're very proud of them? I think it's a two way thing around to consider. And often it's always a case to case basis and because people are tends to be very judgmental. That's why there's a lot of young unwed mothers, drug users, rape victims, abused children and out of school youth. And at this point, they become to be not only our family problem, but also our society's problem. In my case I'm not a perfect mother and we are not a perfect family, either. But some situations in my life made me change my strategy in handling my kids. I prefer to give up some of my priorities even some source of income. I now stayed at home almost the whole day, even though I don't like the routine since I'm not used to it. I just go out of the house if it is necessary. A few years ago, I am always cramming doing the task that is not mine to do, just to please others. I was over loaded. I was out of my focus to my children. I was very busy and happy earning money. And this made my children felt that earning money is easy. They are very careless. So may be this is one thing that affected their feeling towards me. I gave them what they want; effortless on their part. My eldest child reached the age of twenty three, without forcing himself to find a good job. He was hooked of playing games at the Internet 'Cafe. My second child who always went home late at night after her night class, surprise me always of coming home earlier than I expected. The youngest that used to bang the door when she's angry, is not doing the same thing now. A small thing that I noticed being with them every day. Even my financial status is suffering; I felt the change of their attitude because I started changing myself towards them. This coming September 1st, my son will attend his two day training to start his job. He's now hired and he promised to give me some of his income. I hope that I'm at the right track dealing with them now. Some more patience on my part. But sometimes it's better to give a try than never. Especially when it's for the benefit of our children. And who knows, it's ours too as parents!
The Singers of GMA ARTIST Workshop Batch IV with their coach, Sir Jeffrey Hidalgo on their wacky pose.Say cheese! 
My gifted daughter, Kathy and her friend Chie. Chie is one of my favorite on Kathy's circle of friends. 
