“Enough, we have rights”: video about grandparent abuse has impact and division on social networks

Respect to those creatures who live their golden years, spoiling grandchildren, the majority; or want to be pampered in old age, ask for a touching video circulating on social networks from Chile.

July is the month dedicated to grandparents, as the birth of Saints Ana and Joaquín, parents of the Virgin Mary, grandparents of Jesus of Nazareth, is commemorated on the 26th.

The heart-touching video, published by the Instagram account @asambleadelmaipo, recalls the ways in which older adults are abused, a subject that is rarely discussed.

Are the grandparents far away? Thus, a long-distance tire is strengthened

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The video begins with a grandmother sitting to whom several young people approach her to whisper phrases such as: “I’ve told you a thousand times”, “Take care of the kids”, “Stay at home, you’re not old enough to date”, “You can’t handle money anymore” and “Technology is not for old people”.

To the woman with gray hair, another girl says, “I can’t visit you, I have more important things to do.”

At that moment, the grandmother bursts into tears and says: Enough!

The word is then taken up by older people and they are the ones who say “We are parents, friends and neighbors”, “We are plumbers, singers and workers”, “We are professionals, readers and athletes”, “We can be grandparents and not grandparents”, “We are human beings and we do everything” and they strongly remember: “We have rights”.

The role and value of grandparents, according to the pope

Pope Francis is a great defender of grandparents’ rights and on Sunday, July 23, he asked politicians not to “forget the elderly” or to let the market relegate them to “unproductive discards”.

His words were uttered during the mass celebrated for the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly. Last week Francisco went to a children’s camp, who asked him about his superheroes.

And he responded, according to 65 and More, “My superheroes are grandparents.” “Because the grandparents started a family, then they got old, but they are wise grandparents! And it’s important that you talk to grandparents, you should always talk to them and ask them how it used to be,” he advised the children of Vatican workers.

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Reactions on social networks to the video

The aforementioned account in the material invites everyone to treat the elderly well. Let’s see what they think on social networks:

Patricia Tapia: “My mother encouraged her at the age of 67 to take a field archery course and 1 year ago she is a national champion in her senior category. Encourage your mothers and older adults to follow their dreams. It’s never too late”.

BvFigarella user BvFigarella said, “My mom, thank God, is 94 years old, we just replaced her analog phone with a smartphone. He has learned and likes to watch TikTok”.

Pía Soto: “I work with the elderly, I can say that this kind of abuse exists and is more common than is assumed. Older people are tired of feeling they don’t have the right to live their lives the way they want.”

What the video shows is the pure truth. Rough, but it’s meant to be. Make an impact and become aware.

Yvette Tello

Of course, there are voices criticizing the video, because they find it very offensive or because they forgot to talk about those who do nothing and make excuses for everything.

“Sometimes the kids and their actions reflect the same treatment they gave them when they were kids,” says Cindy Salas.

The clear material that focuses on abuse and especially loneliness, abandonment. Many grandparents in Latin America have seen their children and grandchildren migrate. Reality is not hidden. It is alerted so that those who have grandparents still call them, visit them, integrate them and make them feel useful. For many, as they often say in videos, grandparents must be eternal.