child’s cry

June 2nd, 2008

I was in tears while watching "imbestidagor" last Saturday. There was a little boy, I think a little over 4 years old, was tied up to the ceiling, with cushions and pillows were on top of his tiny body. To add to that, there was I think a half filled sack of rice on his back while he was asleep. Very comfy huh! No , no he was not abducted, or kidnapped. He was in his own home. His mother and his older sister were responsible for this cruelty. One of their neighbors reported the case to the staff of imbestigador. The child was taken by DSWD and the mother was now in jail.

I was looking at my children and I was asking myself if I’ve been a good mother to them. It’s not enough that you feed them it’s more, so much more……. I’m lucky and most of my friends are lucky as well, coz we have means to provide for our children’s needs, we bring them to the doctor even with a just a simple colds. Even when they are not hungry, we feed them. We give them things they don’t really need. Yes, indeed we are lucky.

There were times, i know I over react with certain things that would involve my kids. I most of the time give them what they need before they would even ask. Practically, they get everything with ease. I know, we all want the best for them but then sometimes I feel that they too should experience difficulty at this early stage in life. I mean. before they would get the things they want, they should earn something to make them worthy of whatever it is they like. They sometime don’t value the things they get esp when it was given to them right away.

Its really sad to see little children suffer esp with the hands of the people who should give them love and care. I feel sorry for all the children who are sleeping with empty stomach, to those who at an eraly age must work to survive…. I donno’, yup I’m OA when it comes to children. I can’t imagine my kids suffering like these children. If only I can afford to help them, I will. I know any mother would understand… a "real" mother would……