Went to see a friend's daughter today and saw a mother shaming her son for not placing in a competition. She even said, "Nag-practice-practice ka pa." I don’t know what planet she’s from to think that practicing automatically guarantees winning.

Whatever the reason, if you have intergalactic expectations for your children, please, for the love of God, do not shame them in public. If you can’t help it, at least tone it down, or better yet, have reasonable expectations or goals.

I’m not trying to tell anyone how to raise their kids, but please, have at least a little mercy on them. It brought back so many memories seeing that kid being treated like that. My God.

Don’t set your child up for failure. You may think you’re doing them a favor by berating them, but you’re not. You’re just killing their dignity or, worse, taking away their will to live and do better.