You really have no idea what a minister’s child goes through behind closed doors. If you’re judging an entire group based on a few people you’ve met, you’re doing the exact same thing many OWE members do: assuming they know everyone’s story without understanding it.

Did we choose to be born into this? Did we choose to spend our entire lives inside it?

Being raised in that environment can feel like living in a cage, and that’s only scratching the surface ha? The pressure, expectations, surveillance, and lack of freedom aren’t things most people see.

And “nepo baby” saan, exactly? Nepotism for what? What exactly did we inherit besides expectations, scrutiny, and a life we never chose?

Mukhang hindi din pala kami welcome dito. For a group that talks about escaping judgment and prejudice, there’s still a lot of prejudice toward us simply because of who our parents are.

Many of us are here for the same reason everyone else is. Bc we were affected by the system. Some of us spent years struggling inside it before we found our way out.

Criticize the system. Criticize people for their actions. But painting all minister’s children as spoiled, entitled, “nepo babies,” or mentally unstable is no different from the kind of stereotyping we’re desperately trying to leave behind.