April 23, 2008 3:41 AM
The teens are back in the big house and the guardians are in their original abode. However, there seems to be a role reversal of sorts as Kuya asks Robi to gather the teens to figure out a way to fix the conflict between the guardians. “We’ll try to help them; It’s the other way around now.” This time, the teens act as the caretakers of the oldies, observing their actions via the plasma screen and objectively figuring out what to do.
Robi gathered all the teen housemates in the living room to have a bull session. He laid out rules such as giving each the freedom to say whatever it is they want to say without fear of reprimand. Saying “but” or “pero” were also avoided, as this lessened the meaning of what was said. All opinions were welcome, and each was prodded to share his or her thoughts to the group, acknowledging that all were an important part of the discussion. Kevin was also quite pessimistic about things, probably since he was also carrying the burden that his father was a major player in the issue. Opting for the voluntary exit was foremost in his mind, but was willing to help out in fixing the problem first. Rona and Robi sternly gave him a piece of their minds. Robi reminded Kevin to control his feelings and to keep in mind that the problem was, as Kevin earlier stated, between the guardians and not the teens. “Voluntary exit is not an option, Kevin,” he stressed. Kevin insisted that he wanted to go out and Rona shushed him by saying that he wasn’t alone; it wasn’t just his struggle. All of them were like a family, and as such, should fix things together.
After watching the guardians for a few moments, they came to the conclusion that their arguments were petty. The current issue was over the weekly budget, where they couldn’t compromise and ended up fighting over the budget gone wrong. The teens couldn’t help shaking their heads at this, commenting that they didn’t have problems over something as simple as the weekly budget. The guardians had more drama than the teens. The solution is simple, and the guardians were making things complicated. Valerie shared that they guardians should talk about things in the open to avoid it getting out of hand. Rona observed that the guardians lacked humility, all thinking they knew better than the other, leading to close-mindedness. All had different perspectives and refused to compromise. The question of exactly how they were going to help out was raised then. They felt that they should show the guardians how the teens deal with their conflicts, to teach by example. Robi suggested that he go to the guardians first, to try to sort things out, then they would talk to them as a group.
