Mylene Dizon plays the role of the eldest daughter in the light family drama film, ‘Family Matters, which opens in cinemas on December 25.
Relating to her role and the premise of the upcoming Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2022 entry, Family Matters, award-winning actress Mylene Dizon took the chance to share her thoughts on kids perceived as the parents’ ‘investments.’ During the grand media conference of the film held on December 7, Dizon spoke about the matter, as it has recently become a viral topic on social media.
“There is our obligation to take care of our parents because they are our parents, not being an obligation but a want to do it. Whether you like it—it’s either you like to do it or you don’t want to do it,” she said.
Dizon is living away from her parents, who are currently residing in the United States.
She made a point by arguing parents can only hope for their kids to return the favor, but they can never oblige them to take care of them when they’re old, as payment for everything they have done to them.
“There is another thing, when we make our children as an investment, so that we as parents, our future will be secured. That’s wrong. It’s super wrong. That’s not the obligation of the children,” she clarified.
She then shared what parents can only wish their kids would do for them when they are no longer able to take care of themselves.
“Rather the children, if they want—for me, they can either take care of me or they can pay it forward towards their own family or other people. I will never obligate my children,” she said.
“Kumbaga hindi ako maniningil, ‘inalagaan kita, ‘yan ang dapat iskuli mo sa akin’. (I will never demand payment, like ‘I took care of you, this is how you should pay me) I will never do that, but I would rather advise my children to take of their family in the future and become better people.“
Mel Mendoza-del Rosario also shared her thoughts on the issue, and her answer could not have been worded better.
“I’d like to think na ang pagmamahal ng magulang ang hirap na hindi rin pagmamahal ang isukli.
“(I’d like to think that it’s hard not to repay a parent’s love with love as well),” she said.
Family Matters is Nuel Naval’s second film to go head-to-head with frequent MMFF top-grosser Vice Ganda. The latter’s entry is Partners in Crime. In 2019, Naval proved he is a formidable contender when his film, Miracle in Cell#7, got declared as the festival’s top grosser, cutting Vice Ganda’s long unbroken top-grossing streak.
