Working overseas has its toll. Many Filipinos work abroad for attractive salaries that they believe, would make them able to give their families back home a better future and an adequate living condition. The truth is, money is not everything. You can earn a lot, yes, but how about your relationship with your spouse? Your kids?
Your presence means more to your family that the money or things you send. there will be nothing more valuable than the time you spend together as a whole family.
Cases of infidelity happen while the other is working abroad, wives having an affair with another man, and vice versa. In some cases, the other parent abuses their children while the other is working overseas. In case that the OFW left their children in the custody of a guardian, abuses also happen to them without the knowledge of the OFW.
In Davao City, a total of four incest cases involving children of OFWs now being assisted by Mindanao Migrants Center for Empowering Actions, Inc (MMCEI). Aside from sexual abuses, there are also cases of juvenile delinquency, teenage pregnancy, and rape cases among OFW children in 12 communities in Davao recorded by the agency.
Elento also said that there are also children of OFWs who are involved in illegal drug abuse. She pointed out that the primary cause of these abuse among OFW children is the weak relationships between the children and their guardians.
Your presence means more to your family that the money or things you send. there will be nothing more valuable than the time you spend together as a whole family.
Cases of infidelity happen while the other is working abroad, wives having an affair with another man, and vice versa. In some cases, the other parent abuses their children while the other is working overseas. In case that the OFW left their children in the custody of a guardian, abuses also happen to them without the knowledge of the OFW.
In Davao City, a total of four incest cases involving children of OFWs now being assisted by Mindanao Migrants Center for Empowering Actions, Inc (MMCEI). Aside from sexual abuses, there are also cases of juvenile delinquency, teenage pregnancy, and rape cases among OFW children in 12 communities in Davao recorded by the agency.
Meanwhile, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said that children of OFWs are more prone to abuses at home. Labor Secretary Silvestre III said, citing a UNICEF report that migration is one the drivers of physical, sexual, or psychological abuse for children.
A Unicef’s National Baseline on the Study on Violence Against Children: Philippines, conducted in 2015, and published during the last quarter of 2016, showed that 80% of almost 4,000 child respondents from different barangays said that they had experienced some form of violence in their life.
