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John Arcilla recently took to social media and shared his thoughts on the topic of children providing support for their elderly or aging parents.

While John's statement comes right after Dani Barretto's sentiment on the same matter, he clarified that his recent post is not meant as “rebuttal” or counter-argument to anybody.

He first wrote in the caption of his post, “On parent-children relationship: This is not a rebuttal to anyone, this is just my take on parent-children relationship generally speaking.”

The 57-year-old actor emphasized, “Utang na loob and obligasyon are wrong words 'pag ang usapan ay mga magulang na ating pinanggalingan.”

He also highlighted that taking care of aging parents is normal and a natural duty.

John said, “Hindi naman talaga utang na loob o obligasyon ang pagkupkop o pagtulong sa mga tumatandang magulang-dahil ito ay normal at natural na duty ng mga anak. Kasing natural at normal nung inaalagaan nila tayo nung maliit pa.”

He continued, “Pinakain, dinamitan, iginapang, at pinag-aral. Tama naman na responsibilidad 'yun ng mga magulang sa walang muwang na mga anak.”

“Kaya responsibilidad din ng bawat anak na alagaan at arugain ang mga magulang 'pag matatanda na, mahihina na, at wala [nang] lakas at resources para magtrabaho at asikasuhin ang sarili,” the actor added.

Following that, he also clarified that it is a different matter for children who were treated badly by their own parents.

Meanwhile, John recently celebrated his mother's 90th birthday with the latter's friends and family.

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