Open Minded Ka Ba?: Exploring The Business Strategies of Networking and It's Effects To Students
Open Minded Ka Ba?: Exploring The Business Strategies of Networking and It's Effects To Students
Open Minded Ka Ba?: Exploring The Business Strategies of Networking and It's Effects To Students
A Research Presented
(Quantitative Research)
By
Krishna L. Rivera
March 2018
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Chapter I
INTRODUCTION
the parents are giving all the love, care, attention and all the needs of their
children. Necessities like food, clothing, a house to live in, and education in
able to have their children a better future and a quality life are some of the
needs that must be fulfilled. But this is not true to all family. The Main reason
for that is because of poverty. Poverty is a big hindrance to have a quality life
work abroad to provide their needs. The only way that they can escape
higher salary and several opportunities given in other countries than staying
in the Philippines. These people work strenuously and they endure the pain in
order to sustain the needs of their families which are the food, clothing, rent,
medical fund, education, recreation fund and extra money for emergency
overseas Filipino workers (OFW’s) during the period April to September 2016
was estimated at 2.2 million and because of that millions of spouse, husband,
sisters, mothers, fathers, and especially children were left behind in their
homes.
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With this large number of Filipino migrants, more serious issues are
arising regarding children left behind. Issues about school performance, class
relationship especially with their parents and their vision in life after his/her
attainments among their children, opening more opportunities for their future.
impact on the children’s life. It can either be a positive effect or it will lead to
emotional imbalance that will affect their future. In some cases, they can lead
deeper knowledge about it’s effects so that they can obtain a good coping
widespread. Yet only few studies were found involving Overseas Filipino
Worker Parents that explore the effects of migration to the children left
behind, and what can be done to improve their coping mechanisms beneficial
studies and to fill the gap about the effects and coping mechanisms to the
Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) parents to their children and the changes
when their parents work abroad. It will tackle about the emotional and social
intended to determine how these children cope with the changes on their lives
or their coping mechanism and this study also identified the advantages and
questions:
(OFW) parents?
(OFW) parents?
3. What are the ways or the coping mechanism of the children left
behind?
Filipino Worker parents to the children themselves. The study will help other
and acquaintances. In addition, this study will also discuss the point of view of
the said children. The results and findings of the study will have great benefit
to the following:
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To the Students. The results and findings of this study will provide the
overseas Filipino worker parents. They will also know the problems that it
may cause if the person has a bad coping mechanism when being separated
with their parents and how can it be avoided. It will give the student a different
treat the children so that the children would cope with the changes in their life
in a positive way rather than ruining their lives. Through the given data the
parents will be able to comprehend the reason why their children act on a
certain way because of their decision to work abroad. In addition, they will
having Overseas Filipino Worker parents. It will also give the teachers
another perspective on why the children would act a certain way, therefore it
can help them have additional techniques on how to improve the academic
validity of other related findings. This study will also serve as their source of
parents and this study will also seek the phenomena on how the children
Comprehensive High School- Senior High School grade 11 and grade 12 and
the other 10 are within the Koronadal area. All respondents should have a
parent or parents working abroad. The study will start at the month of January
up to February 2018.
foreign country.
down.
who live/work outside Philippines. This term applies to Filipino workers who
country and to those Filipino citizens abroad for a limited, definite period, such
as on a work contract.
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Chapter II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
wherein the researchers have persuaded to shed the light on the topic under
the study about the effects of having Overseas Filipino Worker parents to
their children.
Local Literature
million Filipino who work abroad. With this huge number of overseas Filipino
worker, lot of children were also left behind here in the country. The reason
behind this migration event is because they want to sustain or give the needs
of people whom they love. This needs include shelter, food, clothing and
education. Minda (2017), said that most Filipino migrant parent think that the
how parents do their role to make their children’ lives good. Marave and Asis
(2013) stated also that Filipino parents see education as one of most
important things in earth and they are the one who should find a way to make
her/his child attend to school. To perform this role, parents choose to work
abroad.
the world where approximately 10% of the country’s population is abroad, has
always been in the leading edge in the promotion and protection of human
the Article 13 on Social Justice and Human Rights, the Philippines has bring
the state’s policy of valuing the worthiness of every human person and
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guaranteeing the complete respect for human rights. Furthermore, the country
and had moved over to several laws and policies to accomplish such
commitment.
The migrations of the parents have a lot of effects to those children left
behind. It affects the child emotional aspect, social aspect and the perception
in life of the child. These children are vulnerable to lots of problem and also
2017). Additionally, Minda (2017), explained that children who left behind are
more likely being materialistic than having good values and also being
Foreign Literature
major supplier of labor migrants to over 100 countries and the leading female
migrant sending countries along with Indonesia. More than 8 million (10%) out
of the 85 million Filipinos were working or living abroad. While over 72% of
total migrants from Philippines were women workers. Many of these women
huge number of Filipino migrants (and still more) living the country temporarily
known as The Social Readjustment Rating Scale used mostly in the US),
marital separation from mate is ranked as the 3rd most stressful life events for
a person, preceded by death of spouse (1st) and divorce (2nd). People get
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spiritually) for the rest of their lives on earth. Lisbe (2017), revealed that the
complex factors of migration, husbands and wives get separated for long
periods of time and this separation has caused tremendous stress to both of
them. As the Human Development Report (2009) put it, separation [between
costs for both the mover and those left behind. The emotional and
infidelity issues, and gender role issues, among others. In his personal
the relationships of both the migrant spouse and the one left behind as well
as the migrant’s relationship with his/her children. Each member of the family
continue to live life having one significant family member physically, and for
the most part, emotionally absent (Lisbe, 2017). These factors have effects
migration also affects the overall family dynamics – that is the area of
finances.
both parents has definitely rearranged the division of labor in the family during
overseas workers earn trickles into towns and villages, helping build houses,
open restaurants and send children to school. But the absence of so many
industrious and skilled people also exact a heavy toll. The worth of it all to
Local Studies
behind by their OFW parents have several factors that may negatively or
children. Dissimilar from the perceived odds and ends, children of migrants
migrant children. Battistella and Conaco (1996), indicated in their study that
this finding is rather true, and the study seems to imply the significance of the
mother’s presence to the children with their school behavior. At the same
time, Cruz (1987) mentioned that the children of migrants and non-migrants
did not show significant difference towards their performance in school, there
from the teachers where 78% are children of migrants while 81% children of
Asis (2000) also did not discover any evidence based on observation
to test the truth that children of migrant workers are more likely to engage in
their parents. Battistella and Conaco (1996) eloquently stated that children
with abroad mothers reveal less than adequate social adjustment and
Scalabrini (2003), it revealed that children have generally adjusted socially for
the most part because of the effective social support from family members
and relatives. Despite whether the parents are present or not, children can
also partake in responsibility with the household chores. Even though the
report states that migrant children go through difficulties and longing for their
absent parents, they also recognized that they were able to be more
Foreign Studies
and the psychological well-being of the children left behind. The research
results indicated that children who left behind suffer from psychological
children who are separated from his or her mother are prone to negative
studies also show that the role of parents is important to their children. Zarra-
Nezhad et al. (2015), explained that the effect of mothers’ high affection is
and shows more affection will make their children have a good psychological
Chapter III
METHODOLOGY
Research Design
interview to collect the necessary data for the study. It attempted to know the
effects of having overseas Filipino Worker parents and determine their coping
and their coping mechanisms will be done using qualitative method. This is
interview to gather the necessary data for the qualitative aspect of the study.
Research Locale
composed of more than 8,000 senior high school students with 4 major
strands offered such as STEM, ABM, HUMSS, and TVL. Koronadal National
dense cogonal area of 79,000 square meters. Its first name was Koronadal
Junior High School and later through Republic Act 5550, a bill sponsored by
improvements.
Research Respondents
The respondents of this study are the Grade 11 Senior High School
students that has OFW parents from the STEM (Science, Technology,
school year 2017-2018 and former students who had already dropped out
maintain a close relationship and thus improved the open and frank exchange
of information.
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Research Instrument
The Information for this study were gathered through the series of
questions that the researchers prepared for interview involving their coping
Research Procedure
principal regarding the current study. Second, the researchers will obtain
permission from the respondents that they will be going to interview. Then,
the researcher will prepare a series of questions appropriate to the study for
the interview. The Grade 11 students were informed about the study
beforehand so that we can schedule the time and date to perform the
interview on their free time. Then, the researchers will explain the purpose of
the research in a more detailed manner along with a letter upholding the
granted permission from our practical research teacher to allow the students
to be a part of the study. The respondents who are currently not attending
school will also be contacted to inform them about the schedule of our
interview. The participants will remain anonymous for the study. During the
needed for the study and the answers stated by the respondent will be noted
by the researcher. Lastly, the researcher collects all of the notes from the
Conducting an Interview
Chapter IV
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
This chapter presents analyzes and interprets the data gathered from
“Uhm… Ara, may ara She said that her father is the
actually kay si papa siya only one who has income
lang angi sa uh broken because they are broken
family man kami so uhm family, and when he went Sustain Needs/
siya lang isa na kumbaga abroad he is the only one Education
ay ara sang income who can sustain their needs
saamon, so tung nag and send them to school.
abroad siya kumbaga daw
na sustain na amon nga
needs, uhm, nahatag nya
ang mga financial needs
bala namon haw kagina pa
send nya kami sa school. “
Respondent 3:
Respondent 5:
She said that her mother who
“Arang… uhm naka ano na went abroad was able to
kami mayad maka… send them to school &
eskwela kami tarong tapos sustain their needs. Her Sustain Needs/
daw tanan nga kinanglan mother also doesn’t leave Education
namon hatag nya lalo na them alone in terms of their
sa financial …waay nya pa need and make sure that they
gid kami ginapabay an, always comes first more than
ginauna nya gid kami anything even if she tends to
permi pero sarili nya sacrifice her own needs.
ginapabay an nya lang.”
Respondent 15:
Respondent 6:
“Uhm… She can gave me She said that her mother can
what I need and what I give her what she needs and Sustain Needs/
want. She can also send wants and also support her Education
me to school.” studies.
Respondent 10:
“Napaeskwela ko dati kag He said that his parent was Sustain Needs/
nahatag niya ang mga able to sustain his needs and Education
needs ko.” send him to school when he
was still attending school.
Respondent 4:
Sustain Needs/
“Te tung nag abroad abi He said that when his mother Education
siya, so may ara ng mga went abroad, she was able to
needs ko mahatag niya na give them their needs and
mapaeskwela niya ko, amo was able to send him to
sina.” school.
Table 1.0 Respondents’ answers to question number 1
Respondent 12:
“Bilang anak ng isang
OFW Parent nakakaranas She said that as a child of an
kami ng maayos na OFW Parent, she
pamumuhay… nakakakain experienced a good Sustain Needs
ng tatlong beses sa isang livelihood, they can eat 3x a
araw, may pang tustos sa day and can afford their daily
arawaraw na gastusin.” needs.
Table 1.1 Respondents’ answers to question number 1
Respondents 8:
Respondent 13:
Respondent 11:
She said that the positive
“Positive effect is mahatag effect is that her parent can Good Financial
nya tanan na needs give their needs, especially Support
namon lalo na sa their financial needs.
financial.”
Respondent 2:
She said that they attained
“Uhm… I think uhm good good livelihood and good
livelihood something like financial support, and Good Financial
that uhm… good financial because of his father going Support
and as of now our house is abroad their house is now in
in good condition and it is a good condition and well
well rebuilt because of rebuilt.
him.”
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Respondent 17:
Respondent 18:
He said that the positive
“Ang positive effect is effect is that his parent can Good Financial
nahatagan niya na gid ko now support him financially. Support
kwarta kag masuporthana
niya na ko sa akon
especially sa kwarta”
Respondent 20:
“The positive effect of She said that the positive Good Financial
having an OFW parents is effect is that her parent can Support
that they can provide now support her in terms of
easily all your needs, money.
financially.”
Table 1.3 Respondents’ answers to question number 1
The table 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 showed the positive effects of having OFW
answered that the positive effects are both sustain needs and education, this
answer has the highest number of answers. The second highest number of
respondents, 2 out of 20 said that their only positive effects is sustain needs.
Respondent 5:
She feels sad because there
‘’Syempre ano eh sad kay is no one who will nag at Lack of Guidance/
walana pirmi gabuyayaw them in the morning, no one Lack of Presence
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Respondent 19
Respondent 15
First gid is lack of attention He said that the negative Lack of Presence
gid tapos ng gapangita gid effect is lack of attention, lack of Parent
ko sang presence niya. of presence, and lack of time.
Kulang pa gid siya sang
time sa amon haw.
Respondent 12
‘’Yung mga pagkakataong She said that there are times Lack of Presence
na wala sayo ang mga when they aren’t there for her of Parent
magulang mo yung kahit especially when she needs
kailangan mo sila sa tabi them because of the fact that
mo, wala sila dahil they need to work for their
kailangan nilang mag loved ones.
trabaho para sa mahal nila
sa buhay.’’
Respondent 3
‘’Syempre ang negative She said that the negative Lack of Presence
effect, syempre di ko sya effect is that she isn’t with her of Parent
upod sa pila ko birthdays for a number of birthdays and
kona special occasions special occasions.
wala sya. Ng mga time nga
kailangan ko siya, wala
siya ‘’
Respondent 10:
Respondent 6
She said that growing without
‘’Growing without parents parents beside you especially Lack of Presence
beside you specially the the mother’s care is difficult. of Parent/
mother’s care which is very She feels lonely and Emotional Problem
important… I feel lonely abandoned and she doesn’t
and abandoned. I don’t have anyone to vent her
have any to tell my problems.
problems, especially my
heartaches.’’
Respondent 9
Respondent 18
He said that the negative Lack of Presence
“Nang una uhm ng ano effect is he feels left behind of Parent/
bala ng ang negative effect and he lacks the presence of Emotional Problem
is ng feeling mo ng ging his parent.
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Respondent 1:
Respondent 16:
Respondent 20:
Respondent 13:
The table 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 showed the negative
effects of having OFW parents to their children. Findings revealed that the
showed that both lack of presence of parent and emotional problem ranked
parent and lack of guidance tied up with relationship gap with 3 out of 20
tied up with 2 out of 20 respondents. Lastly, the one with the least answered
Respondent 5:
Respondent 7:
‘’So far sa studies lang gid He said that he focuses on With Friends
ko gafocus para makabawi his studies to get back his Studying/
sa mga gina pang hatag mother’s sacrifices. His Engaging in Sports
niya sa amon and friends coping mechanisms also is
and mga hobbies nga may going with his friends and
pagka sporty ako, pero not playing sports.
all the time, that’s all.”
Table 3.2 Respondents’ answers to question number 3
Thematic Statement Meaning Emergent Theme
Respondent 9:
‘’Hambal ko sige lang kay She said that she tells herself Studying with
gina ano man ni mama that her mother going abroad Friends
gaubra siya sa gawas is for her own good. Her
sang abroad para man ni coping mechanism is that she
sa amon… gaupod man ko hangs out with her friends
sa friends ko kag gas and studies well.
kwela tarung.’’
Respondent 8:
Respondent 10:
ko nga ang gina himo niya is for their own good anyway.
is for us, for sa family And if she needs a parent
namon tapos kung she knows that her mother
kailangan ko man siya gives her moral support. And
syempre ng bal an ko man to make her parents proud,
nga ang moral support she strives to be an achiever
niya ara sa akon so amo in school thus, her main focus Studying with
sato uhm… kag ano kag is school. She also said that Friends
syempre ang akon nga she shares her problems to
ginahimo is kung para ma her friends to avoid being
ano ko mahatag ko ang depressed.
ang maging proud man sila
sa akon is, maging proud
man siya sa akon is
kailangan mag
skwelatarong. Uhm…
kailangan mo may achieve
may kailangan mo maging
achiever sa school… gina
ano ko gina, uhm, ang
akon nga focus is sa, focus
is sa school tapos ng
uhm… gina angakon, sa
friends diba gashare man
ko sa friends ko about sa
mga problems ko so daw
wala na siya sang, daw di
na may depressed
depressed amona kay ga
share nako sa mga friends
ko about sa mga problems
ko.’’
Table 3.3 Respondents’ answers to question number 3
Respondent 13:
Respondent 20:
malimtan ko lang ang forget that her mother left him Having Vices
thought nga wala siya and also he goes out with his
tapos gaupod man ko sa friends.
barkada ko.”
The table 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7 showed the coping
respondents. On the other hand, with the least numbered response of the
sports, with friends and engaging in relationship and with friends and having
vices with a number of 1 out of 20. In addition, there are 3 answers that tied
up which are with friends, studying and engaging in sports, studying and with
friends and with friends and diverts attention with a number of 3 out of 20.
Chapter V
SUMMARY AND INSIGHTS
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current investigation.
Summary
KNCHS-SHS and out of school youth, having OFW parents which aimed to
(OFW parents)?
(OFW parents)?
3. What are the ways or the coping mechanism of the children left
behind?
To attain the objectives of the study, the researcher used the interview
method to collect the data that is needed to fulfill the goal of the study. In
addition, the purposive sampling is used for selecting and choosing the
respondents.
Findings
The researchers found out that having Overseas Filipino Worker Parents
have a great effect on the children left behind. There are positive effects,
negative effects and coping mechanism. Most of the respondents said that
both sustaining needs and education are the positive effects of having OFW
parents. On the other hand, most of the respondents answered that the lack
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while both emotional problems and having vices are the least answered
theme. In addition, the researchers found out that the most answered coping
Insights
After gathering and analyzing the data, the researchers discussed and
realized the effects of having Overseas Filipino Worker parents. Family has a
massive role and impact in our society, it is extremely important. In fact, it can
nowadays who are dependent to their families. When the children continue to
live with their parents in one roof, their attitude, way of thinking and academic
family standing, but they have one thing in common, that they’re children left
behind by their parents who work abroad. Almost every respondent in this
study who participated stated that the main and utmost reason why their
parents decided to work abroad is to send them to school and to sustain their
needs in everyday life. Thus, this motivated the students to study hard and
pursue their studies. When the student pursue their studies, they can make
their parents proud and when that happens their parents will support them
responsibilities and their lives became much easier and better than before in
terms of financial needs. In addition, they had a new perception of life which
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is they treasure and give more importance to the things around them because
they know and understand the feeling of having something and the emptiness
their parents working abroad has a massive positive impact on the well-being
of the child.
But then, this phenomenon has some negative impacts to the children
left behind. Others were slacking off and decided to stop their education
because of the lack of guidance, care and presence of their parents. The
researchers also found out that if their parents are with their children; having
vices and dropping out of school can be avoided. Their relationship gap with
their parents, which is also another negative effect, has resulted them to build
up their walls and obtain emotional problems towards other people. For
example, there are respondents who thought that they can always be left
anytime since their parents already left them, how much more when it comes
to other people.
Since these effects continue to exist, they developed their own coping
mechanism. One of them is hanging out with their peers, that’s why the
people who surround them should be understanding, supportive and are good
in sports to cope with, that’s why schools should implement more physical
millennials.
phenomenon greatly affects the students left behind. It all depends on the
abroad.
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APPENDIX A
Republic of the Philippines
Region XII
Koronadal National Comprehensive High
School
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City of Koronadal
FERNANDO L. NEQUINTO
Asst. Principal for Academics
KNCHS-SHS City of Koronadal
Dear Sir:
Respectfully yours,
Researchers:
John Marwin F. Bulan
Eazel June Ira G. Alegria
Angelle Mae G. Paclarin
Krishna L. Rivera
Noted: Approved:
Mr. Jepte Dagum Fernando L. Nequinto
Teacher - Practical Research I Asst. Principal for Academics
KNCHS-SHS
APPENDIX B
February 5, 2018
Dear respondents,
Greetings!
In line with this, we have chosen you to be one of our respondents of this
study and we hope that you will take time answering the questions honestly.
Rest assured that all the data gathered will be treated with utmost
confidentiality and will be used for academic purposes only.
Noted By:
Jepte Dagum
Practical Research I Teacher
APPENDIX C
Question 1
Respondent 1:
“Uhm… Ara, may ara actually kay si papa siya lang angi sa uh broken family
man kami so uhm siya lang isa na kumbaga ay ara sang income saamon, so
tung nag abroad siya kumbaga daw na sustain na amon nga needs, uhm,
nahatag nya ang mga financial needs bala namon haw kagina pa send nya
kami sa school. “
Respondent 2:
“Uhm… I think uhm good livelihood something like that uhm… good financial
and as of now our house is in good condition and it is well rebuilt because of
him.”
Respondent 3:
“Uhmm… naka, siya nagpa eskwela sa akon kay wala naman si papa ko
gasuporta sa akon so bale siya tanan gahatag sang allowance sa amon,
gahatag financial needs, tanan tanan.”
Respondent 4:
“Te tung nag abroad abi siya, so may ara ng mga needs ko mahatag niya na
mapaeskwela niya ko, amo sina.”
Respondent 5:
“Arang… uhm naka ano na kami mayad maka… eskwela kami tarong tapos
daw tanan nga kinanglan namon hatag nya lalo na sa financial …waay nya
pa gid kami ginapabay an, ginauna nya gid kami permi pero sarili nya
ginapabay an nya lang.”
Respondent 6:
“Uhm… She can gave me what I need and what I want. She can also send
me to school.”
Respondent 7:
“Ang na kwan namon kuha ang financial needs na mas nag gaan yung aming
kwan gastos. Mas makabakal kami sang materials na needed,sa pang araw
araw na pangangailangan sa buhay and that’s all.”
Respondents 8:
“Ang positive effect niya is ano ang nag mayo ang kabuhi namon naka naka
pundar kami sang mga financial needs uhm sang uhm maka provide si mama
sang mga financial needs namon tapo sano to daw mag an na ang pangabuhi
namon subong.”
Respondent 9:
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“Nang ano nang amon na balay nakay o na, nag name na siya ,nakumpleto
na kami sa needs kag wala na kami gina kulang sa kwarta.”
Respondent 10:
“Uhmm… positive effect is ma ano niya ma provide niya ang mga needs
namon everyday tapos ng kunwari sang mga emergency nga barayan pwede
siya ka ano dason ka produce sang kwarta tapos ipadala niya sa amon then
amo sato mapa eskwela niya ko then amo sato mapaeskwela niya ko, ganon,
napa graduate niya na gani si ate.”
Respondent 11:
Respondent 12:
Respondent 13:
“Well, positive effects, ano… hindi, hindi man abi kami laki sa yaman abi na
family so yung mama ko nag try sya abroad so ang positive effect nya is kung
ano ang may ara kami karon, daw kaangat na kami na karon sa life…
mahambal ko man na hindi kami angat pero atleast na kabangon kami sa
daw pobre man gyapon di nag gid pareho dati na mahirap na mahirap so
amuna na siya ang positive effect na murag na kami makakain ng 3x a day.”
Respondent 14:
“Uhm… mahatag sang nanay ko ang financial needs namon, sa mga utod ko
mahatag niyaid ang kinanglan namon … Basta mahatag niya kung ano dapat
ihatag niya.”
Respondent 15:
“Ara gid eh… ng bal an niyo hiwalay na bi parents nakon so si mama ko lang
ang nagahatag needs so tung nagabroad na siya nahatag niya na ang needs
ko kag napaeskwela niya ko kaso lang nag untat lang ko.”
Respondent 16:
“Ang positive effect niya is mahatag niya ang needs namon kag ang wants
namon.”
Respondent 17:
“Ang positive effect sang OFW nga parent, mas dali masolusyonan ang
financial problem… natural kay mas taas gid man ang maging income sang
worker sa ibang bansa kaysa diri sa pilipinas.”
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Respondent 18:
Respondent 19:
Respondent 20:
“The positive effect of having an OFW parents is that they can provide easily
all your needs, financially.”
Question 2
Respondent 1:
‘’Sure may ara kay diba sa feeling nga siya na lang isa ang nabilin sa imo nga
parent tapos yung ba naghalin pa gid bala sya haw… eh ano ang negative
effect sato kumbaga daw makulangan kis a kay guidance sang parents na
ara bala didto. So amo to sya … Actually dati tung mga younger years pa ko
tung wala ko pa naintindihan ng na ano ko gid na tani wala nalang siya nag
abroad… feel ko daw ano, daw gin bilin bala haw, daw feel ko nga gi
abandon. Ng tanan na lang bala aw feel ko tanan ibilin ko. Daw over over nab
ala ang pag emote ko sa tanan.’’
Respondent 2:
Respondent 3:
Respondent 4:
“So sa for example tung high school ko, elementary, syempre, pag may mag
family day or anything nakinanglan sang parents meeting walasya… tung
umpisa tung nagka isip ko , daw ma intindihanko man kung ngaa siya nag
abroad kay kung hindi siya mag abroad so wala… daw di ko nag gid abi
maalala abi ah… Ng syempre kalian sa pamatyagan kay Makita mo ang iban
mo nga classmate or friends mo nga kumpleto sila tapos ikaw kulang kulang.’’
Respondent 5:
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‘’Syempre ano eh sad kay walana pirmi gabuyayaw sa amon taga aga, wa
may gapukaw, wala may gaano, way may ga guide.’’
Respondent 6:
‘’Growing without parents beside you specially the mother’s care which is very
important… I feel lonely and abandoned. I don’t have any to tell my problems,
especially my heartaches.’’
Respondent 7:
‘’So first is emotionally ng may daw ara part sa akon ng daw kulang siya sang
sa akon nga hindi kami complete nga family… coz’ wala ang isa sang part
sang member namon sang pamilya. That’s it.’’
Respondent 8:
‘’Ang negative effect sito ih kung name ang pangabuhi namon ti naguba sa
pag abroad ni mama, naguba man ang pamilya namon. Kay si papa,
nagbulag sila kay sigurohindi kaya ang long distance amuna nabulaganay
sila. Nami ang pangabuhi namon pero ang status sang pamilya namon is
hindi kay separate abi ah ang parents namon. ‘’
Respondent 9:
‘’Ng ano ng parehas sito pag graduate sang grade 6 ng ano ng wala may
makuha sang sa imo sa stage, dayon magkuha sang cards mo, tapos ng mag
family day wala may mag attend sa imo sang parents, daw mainggit ka bala
haw, sila kumpleto ikaw wala kay parents mo ara sa gwas, feeling ko against
nako sa iban kasadya sang iban, kasadya nga kumpleto sila.’’
Respondent 10:
“Syempre, ang negative effect diba kung OFW ka ng malayo kana sa family
mo, so syempre… ano ang kailangan mo sa isa ka nanay hindi niya ma ano,
ma hatag, so amuto, malayo siya sa imo nga family tapos, tapos, kung
kailangan ko siya as a mother daw si papa ang gastand as a mother saakon.”
Respondent 11:
‘’Negative is may times gid nga maglayo loob namon sa iya kag wala siya if
ever na kailangan namon sang nanay.’’
Respondent 12:
‘’Yung mga pagkakataong na wala sayo ang mga magulang mo yung kahit
kailangan mo sila sa tabi mo, wala sila dahil kailangan nilang mag trabaho
para sa mahal nila sa buhay.’’
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Respondent 13:
‘’Negative effects, siguro sa akon wala pero sa mga manghod ko kay may ara
paman ko kapatid nga tatlo, amona kami tatlo kay nag abroad si mama kay
wala si… wala nako papa…. Wala nako papa ba, tapos… huy gash…ning…
amona ang manghod ko ara karon sa davao tapos ng, am na ang negative
effects ng wala sang daw mag discipline sa mga manghod ko, iba gid bala
pag gadako ang family sa sa kompleto nga pamilya…siguro amo ng negative
effects, wala hindi na kami makakaon, although makakaon kami, kung ang
positive makakaon kami three times a day, karon hindi na kami makakaon sa
isa nga table nga kumpleto, amona.’’
Respondent 14:
“Negative effect niya gid is nagkaroon ko sang bisyo tapos ng mafeel ko nga
anytime kag miskan sin o pwede nila ko ibilin. Ng sa gamay nga bagay lalo
na pag about sa family issue gareact gid ko.”
Respondent 15:
First gid is lack of attention gid tapos ng gapangita gid ko sang presence niya.
Kulang pa gid siya sang time sa amon haw.
Respondent 16:
“Ang negative effect niya is hindi namon siya makita sang laba nga panahon
asta sa chat nlng kag video call kami naga kit anay. May gap na kag kag hindi
ka gid close saiya kung mag abot siya. Naga longing gd ko saiya nga tani
mag abot tung panahon
Respondent 17:
Tapos ang negative effect man, oo mas dali ang kwarta pero syempre
madula ang pangangailangan mo sa mga ginikanan, dali gid man lang ang
kwarta sang OFW pero kapalit sini kalian man gyapon kay wala sa tupad mo
ang pamilya mo… makaapekto ni siya sa pag eskwela ko kay way ga guide
saakon, amo na nga makapagusto ko sa himuon ko, makasulod man o hindi,
makapagusto gyapon ko.
Respondent 18:
“Nang una uhm ng ano bala ng ang negative effect is ng feeling mo ng ging
bilin ka bala haw kag gapangita ka sang presence sang nanay mo”
Respondent 19:
Uhm ng wala bala may ga guide saimo so ng wala bala may mag upod sa
imo haw ng daw gusto mo sang attention pero wala may mag hatag halin sa
parents mo
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nga maskin hindi na siya mag abroad basa ara lng kamo sa iisang bubong.
Mamiss ko gd sya, amu na ang top negative effect para saakon.”
Respondent 20:
Question 3
Respondent 1:
‘’uhm… I’m so blessed kasi may ara man sang iban nga naga guide sa akon
kag nga kumbaga daw naga nagdako ko sa church so amuto nga gi guide
nila ko.’’
Respondent 2:
‘’uhm… talking to him on messenger uhm video chat and calling him when he
has spare time.’’
Respondent 3:
‘’Na ano gina chat ko siya everyday kung may time tapos hulton ko lang siya
mag reply kung san o kay busy man siya tapos pirmi ko sa iya gahambal ‘’I
love you’’ kung ano man gid tapos…uhm… ginahambal hambal ko tanan nga
ano garatabo sa akon para updated man siya biskan layo siya.’’
Respondent 4:
Respondent 5:
Respondent 6:
Respondent 7:
‘’So far sa studies lang gid ko gafocus para makabawi sa mga gina pang
hatag niya sa amon and friends and mga hobbies nga may pagka sporty ako,
pero not all the time, that’s all.”
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Respondent 8:
‘’Tung ging himo ko lang is nag ano lang ko motivate ko gid ang sarili ko nga
mag skwela, skwela gid ko nga para man ni sa future ko kung isipon ko para
man sa akon kag tapos gaupod ko s friends ko nga ang isip man nila mag
skwela man.”
Respondent 9:
‘’Hambal ko sige lang kay gina ano man ni mama gaubra siya sa gawas sang
abroad para man ni sa amon… gaupod man ko sa friends ko kag gas kwela
tarung.’’
Respondent 10:
‘’Gina isip ko na lang, ga isip ko sang mga positive thoughts like uhm… bal an
ko nga ang gina himo niya is for us, for sa family namon tapos kung kailangan
ko man siya syempre ng bal an ko man nga ang moral support niya ara sa
akon so amo sato uhm… kag ano kag syempre ang akon nga ginahimo is
kung para ma ano ko mahatag ko ang ang maging proud man sila sa akon is,
maging proud man siya sa akon is kailangan mag skwelatarong. Uhm…
kailangan mo may achieve may kailangan mo maging achiever sa school…
gina ano ko gina, uhm, ang akon nga focus is sa, focus is sa school tapos ng
uhm… gina angakon, sa friends diba gashare man ko sa friends ko about sa
mga problems ko so daw wala na siya sang, daw di na may depressed
depressed amona kay ga share nako sa mga friends ko about sa mga
problems ko.’’
Respondent 11:
“Well si mama abi everday gid siya nagabasa sang bible, so bale nagaya ko
bala kag amo na o gina himo ko and naga communicate sa isa’t isa, amo na
ang nagging coping mechanism ko.”
Respondent 12:
Respondent 13:
“So ano… gina divert ang attention ko sa kung diin happy ko, like gaupod ko
sa friends ko. tung gaskwela pa ko, ang focus ko sa skwela, ng damo ka
extracurriculars para hindi mo lang maisip nga wala ka upod, nga wala si
mama mo, basta gina divert ko lang attention ko.”
Respondent 14:
“Ang ginhimo ko is nagtry ko magi nom bala aw para malimtan ko lang ang
thought nga wala siya tapos gaupod man ko sa barkada ko.”
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Respondent 15:
“Ng gaupod upod lang ko sa mga barkada ko. Gina baling ko sa iba ang
atensyon ko.”
Respondent 16:
“Ang coping mechanism ko, first gina sunod ko ang gusto nya kay para man
na saakon. Chat kag video call lang gd para mabawasn ang pagkamiss ko
saiya. Communicate lang gd kami.”
Respondent 17:
Respondent 18:
“Ng ga basketball nalang ko pirmi kag ga upod sa barkada ko, amo lang to”
Respondent 19:
“Ng syempre sa friends ko gaupod ng gina isip ko nalang ang mga happy
thoughts kag kis a ginagamit ko ang miga ko as coping mechanism”
Respondent 20:
“Coping mechanism I use to hang with my friends, it’s my way to cope up with
my stress or my pain. And also I divert my attention to other things.”
APPENDIX D
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CERTIFICATION
Filipino Worker Parents to the Children Left Behind” of John Marwin F. Bulan,
Eazel June Ira G. Alegria, Angelle Mae G. Paclarin and Krishna L. Rivera,
senior high school students with the course of Accountancy, Business and
related requirements.
Comprehensive High School (KNCHS), Rizal Street, Brgy. Zone IV, City of
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Critic Reader