When adults are telling you to shut up, to stay silent, not to complain

Adults nowadays are telling other people or the young generation to shut up, to keep silent, not to question, not to complain, not to speak up because they're telling you that you have no right to be such...

Examples below:

1. Telling your kids not to complain about real world problems because they are not at the right age to understand everything.

2. Telling a fellow citizen not to complain about your country's election just because he or she is not a registered voter and not even a taxpayer.

3. A passenger complains about the traffic but other people are telling him not to complain because he doesn't know how to drive and doesn't have a driver's license.

Seriously, are we teaching this bad mindset to other people?

Babies complain through crying as it is their way of communicating that something is not right. Something is not okay.

Toddlers or young kids show fear, frustration, agitation when they feel the person they are seeing is not safe.

Kids throw tantrums to their parents or caretakers when they don't know how to express their feelings.

As an adult myself, I won't teach my kids to shut up and stay silent.

As long as any person has the means to communicate, to question, to complain... He or she has the right to do so as he is still ALIVE.

The only ones who can't complain are the dead people. They remain to stay silent forever.

I posted this on Facebook just few days ago because it is so disappointing that even though it is now 2022, adults tell you to stay silent. Just because the old people from the past never complained.

I can't help how some people have this kind of mindset. Not sure if this is just a Filipino thing. As they say, always respect the elders and never talk back.

When I was 18 years old, I started to find a job while studying. I was very determined to have at least a college education. When you're a girl, it is easy for us to get fooled by some people. When you're a girl, you are also expected to be submissive.

When you're a strong independent woman, trust me, some Filipinos are not impressed by that. And if you are a person who speaks up your mind, you are a threat.

I am writing this because this is my story. I have told my husband how some people in the Philippines prefer to silence me like I have no right to complain or to question.

My husband knows I have a strong personality and I am very outspoken. When we argue, there is no way he can shut me up. But when I am tired to argue, expect me not to talk to him for 3 days. Silent treatment.

My husband let me have the freedom to complain if I dislike something. When I complained about him drinking and smoking everyday, he stopped for the sake of our kids.

I am not trying to overpower my husband as he is the man in the family, he should lead our way. But it is good that he don't want to silence me. I am free to speak what's on my mind.