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Traditionally, Filipino family traits and values of close family ties, solidarity, religiosity, respect, and affection for the aged have always been the reasons why the Filipino family is considered exemplary.

However, today, modernization has impacted the way people perceive their own families. The different effects which modernization has engendered shaped the minds of different individuals. Due to these effects, society has been affected, involving the family, which is the basic unit of society. Some of the effects of modernization on the family are the increasing number of cases of broken families, annulment, separation, and the improper formation of children.

Moreover, different effects of modernization have also impacted between the new generation and the aged generation. These leads to a different turn-out in today’s family setup.

The following are the effects based on the reasons of both new and aged generation regarding the different Filipino family traits wherein as the years passed by became a TOXIC Filipino Family Traits.

These are some of the traits that are considered toxic nowadays:

1.    Utang na Loob;

2.    Isip-talangka;

3.    Guilt-tripping;

4.    HONORING the aged;

5.    Aged ARE ALWAYS right;

6.    Ningas-cogon;

7.    Many other...

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