To young to vote at 18.
Too young to drink at 21.
Too young to sign a lease at 25.
But somehow fully capable of consenting to childbirth at 12?
The law doesn't protect children. it protects patriarchy.
Unfortunately, treating it simply as a mental health issue will not fix the problem. It is also a miseducation and maleducation of the Filipino youth issue. It is also an issue of the pervasive culture of violence and impunity. Part of it is the growing far-right extremism.
alam mong may problema ka growing up kapag nanonood ka ng sad movie with other people tas pipigilan mo umiyak kasi ayaw mo ipakita vulnerability mo sa iba