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Conference Sets Youth On Fire Even after the Mindanao Conference, they still keep in touch. Toy Cinco, a delegate from Cagayan de Oro wrote: "The
conference was a milestone for us. But this is only the beginning. We know there is a lot more in store for us. 'Kay Krista Buong Buhay Habang Buhay' [our CYA slogan] is the real score. We are determined to carry on. " Jonathan Benedebel, a participant from Cebu, is happy to report that he still has "the Cagayan hang-over", referring to the joy he experienced during those memorable days of the Conference. Since 1987, CYA has been sponsoring a training conference for Mindanao youth. Last year, 106 young people from six cities in Continued on page 2
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Wanted: Perfect Parents
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by Gina Margarito
/lIf only I can choose the kind of parents I want.... If only my parents were perfecL .. I kept saying these /I
words to myself. I couldn't help imagining what a better life I would have had if I had a different set of parents. Since I was young, I was addicted to television soap operas. Those families were always perfect! How ideal those parents I saw on the television screen! Why, I wanted those kinds of parents too!
Looking back to those times, I realize now how unfair and ungrateful I was. I belong to a middle-class family. My parents always wanted to instill in us the value of simplicity. Nothingdoing! I abhorred theirideal of "the simple life". I thought parents should always give everything their children wanted; I wanted them to let me do all the things I want to do. Instead, my parents did not allow me
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