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I hate to burst your rosy bubble but the way that the Philippines celebrates Grandparents’ Day reeks of colonial mentality. It’s not a bad idea to pay our respects to the elderly but to do it on the day marked by the United States Congress adds another dimension to the meaning of neo-colonialism. It’s like, “If America says so, we do so.”
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During my generation, it had become a status thing. How one called one’s parents was prima facie evidence of one’s social and economic status. Calling one’s parents Nanay and Tatay meant you were poorer than those who called their parents Mommy and Daddy, and decidedly PROVINCIAL too… I have heard a lot of mothers say, “Syempre Mommy (or Mama), para sosyal.”
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