darna, darnita

Checked my Friendster account today and here's what I found in my very much crowded bulletin board, another forwarded message:

"If you have children who always watch Darna on TV ... Be careful!

I have a nephew (4yrs old) who died yesterday, after having swallowed the Chess piece (horse). I learned from the mother that this boy is always seen imitating the "Darna - swallowing object".

It happened so fast .. mother & child arrived in their house ... mother left the child in the room to prepare food. Away from her boy, the child swallowed the chess piece. Seconds later .. the boy went to her mom making her aware that he swallowed something.

Mom tried to pull out the obeject from the mouth & pat hard the back neck & chest to vomit it out but did not make it . So the boy was rushed to the Perpetual Hospital in Las Pinas which is just 1kilometer from the house but because of the traffic .. it took them 30 mins to reach the hospital. The boy was already pale black when they reached the hospital. The doctors tried to recover him .. within 10 mins the object was taken out from him but he was " brain dead" already ...

I am sending this message for our awareness & become proactive."

Mhel's first reaction: Bading ang batang yun! Akala niya si Darna siya eh!

My first reaction: Only the mother should take the blame. As a responsible parent, she shouldn't have let the boy watch TV unattended especially during primetime. As a responsible mother, she shouldn't even let the boy watch anything that clearly shows violence, hatred, anger, almost naked women. The boy is still young to even realize that he's watching a fantasy show. I dunno, I haven't got kids of my own but I know already that there is time for each kind of show. The boy's only four, for goodness sake! And what is depicted in this particular fantaserye is still beyond the grasp of any pre-schooler. Parents try to keep their kids at home, keeping them away from the harsh realities of life, but hey, some parents do not realize that the same realities are freely shown on television, sometimes even worse. I think I've said enough.

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Speaking of bading...did you know that the former child star, IC Mendoza, the grandson of the late Inday Badiday, is now fully out of the closet?!? I was shocked because he/she is one kikay bading! If you want proof, watch this week's Extra Challenge episode and IC will either make you laugh or drive you insane (as what happened to RS, hehehe gusto niya ilublob sa kumukulong mantika ang walang kamuwang-muwang na bading!!!).