Fill Your Home with Love, Raise your Child a Hero
As a mom, I believe that education begins at home. Whatever it is that we learned from home is what usually reflects in us. I remember when I was a kid, my mom always tell us to do good and share what we have. Doing good to others is what I also teach to my children. The values that I learned during my childhood is what I also teach my kids. Although, we cannot see what our children is doing when they're out of the house, I never stop reminding them.
This is the story of Efren Peñaflorida,, and how his mom filled their home with loving guidance. As a result, Efren overcame childhood challenges and grew up with a heart for others.
Efren lived in a community that had street gangs, and as a kid, he would often choose to fight back. There were also moments when he'd be uninterested in dong his school work because he'd get so immersed in the gang culture. Seeing that Efren was starting to turn into a problem child out in the streets, his Mom taught him to fight poverty and gangs with education and books instead. At 16, Efren and his friends started youth group Dynamic Teen Company, which eventually pioneered the pushcart classroom -- bringing the school set-up to where the kids are to keep them away from street gangs.
Efren came full circle, and his passing on of kindness and empowerment earned him modern-day hero accolades from CNN's Hero of the Year to the Philippine's Order of Lakandula. In partnership with Tang Philippines, Efren shares his story in video to encourage that very same hope, courage and passion.
"What happens at home matters the most because he thinks of others and gives back -- values that any child can aspire to embody. Tang Philippines is proud to share the story of Efren and the critical role his mom played. Parents are indeed role-models and teachers, and heroes like Efren are homemade," says Doroty Arroyo, Category Marketing Manager for Tang Philippines.
Tang Philippines believes #WeAreHomeMade and invites you to join in the advocacy of raising kids to become heroes for others. Share Efren's story through https://www.facebook.com/TangPhilippines/videos/633710703467340/ and yours to start discussion on who were the key persons at home that shaped you into the person that you are today.
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