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For Prinsesa ng City Jail stars Ayen Munji-Laurel and Jett Pangan, parents should treat their kids as friends to have a better relationship with them. However, the veteran actors said that boundaries should still exist between parents and their kids.

On Fast Talk with Boy Abunda this Monday, February 3, Jett said that while parents must treat their kids as friends, it's also important that the children know you are the parent, you're older, and you are to be respected.

Jett further clarified, “It's more of growing with mutual respect. Like in our case, we're very fortunate that our kids grew up to be very respectful, very loving, but also parang barakada lang namin. I don't know really how it happened, Boy, but it's a beautiful mix.

“It's a happy mix of treating us like the parents that we are to them, but at the same time, nakikipagbiruan. Like my daughter, loves to make fun of me, and I love it because dapat hindi mawala 'yung elemento ng pagkakaibigan n'yo,” the '90s rock icon continued.

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Ayen agreed with Jett said but unlike her co-star, she expressed the importance of boundaries between a parent and child.

“Alam ng mga bata that you know, they cannot speak to us like friends, iba 'yung - kailangan tandaan pa rin nila na magulang pa rin kami, like 'yung 'po,' 'opo' is still there. We respect though, their boundaries, and then when we talk about the fun things, that's when, you know, para kaming magkakaibigan,” the veteran theater actress said.

Ayen said that the friendship will come “probably kapag gusto mong may sinasabi sa'yo lahat but let's be realistic, hindi naman sinasabi sa'yo lahat. Well, in my case, okay, hindi rin naman nila alam lahat ng iniisip namin mga magulang so same with them, I know when they don't wanna share everything so I respect that."

In Jett's case, he said he knows the boundaries of being a person, something which he also applies to his kids. “'Ano ba 'yung gusto kong malaman sa'kin ng mga tao all the time, ano naman 'yung mga pwede kong itago?' That's what I apply to my kids.”