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A Father's Day Series: Sen. Bam Aquino

<div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990332603615 Senator Bam with Rory and Coco.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Senator-elect Bam Aquino and daughters Rory and Coco</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Senator-elect <strong>Bam Aquino</strong> has two daughters, 10-year-old <strong>Anna Aurora</strong> (or Rory) and 7-year-old <strong>Consuelo Victoria</strong> (or C<strong></strong>oco). He’s proud to claim them as Daddy’s Girls, no matter what his wife, <strong>Timi</strong>, may have to say on the matter. And he grins widely, as if imagining his challenging her to even try and refute his claim. </p><p>He then explains how, during the election period earlier in the year, he hardly saw the two girls as he would be travelling all over the country. But they knew what was happening, and they never complained. Campaigning is very much a family affair for the Aquinos, and this did include his two girls, who would help their mom in house-to-house calls, offering campaign merch to their classmates. And Bam does recall having to explain to the girls that while their classmates wouldn’t be voting, they could give the material to their parents, and that could be of big help.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990411648504 Family pic with Paul and Melanie Aquino before filing of COC photo by NicePint.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Family pic with Paul and Melanie Aquino before filing of COC | Photo by NicePint<br/><br/></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990416412501 Family pic before filing COC 100720256 photo by NicePint.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Family picture before filing COC| Photo by NicePint</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>He would also take the time to explain to them what running for the Senate means, what serving the people and a greater good was all about, and he’s proud to say they grasped the concepts. So now that the elections are over, he’s been making up for that lost time, spending a lot of time with them, and being the best playmate they could have. It’s the simple things that they love, whether going to the mall, eating at their favorite restaurants, watching TV, or just having long chats. And Bam is super happy to say that right now, “Daddy is their choice!”</p><p>The Aquino family legacy of serving the nation is a strongly ingrained trait, and I recall how, under extraordinary circumstances, a six-year-old Bam was already giving speeches all over the country; and I ask if this is something he plans to impart to the girls, or if it will develop more by osmosis. And he replies, “Yes to osmosis. More than giving a lecture or sermon, I want to be a father by example. If they see I’m serving the country well, doing it with integrity and dignity, then they can make their own choices about their own lives.”</p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990370625803 Senator Bam with Timi, Rory, and Coco during the mass for the first day of the 2025 campaign 02112025.JPG" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false">Senator Bam with Timi, Rory, and Coco during the mass for the first day of the 2025 campaign<br/><br/></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990377919909 Senator Bam with Timi, Rory, and Coco during a Kiko-Bam Shirt printing event 02222025.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Senator Bam with Timi, Rory, and Coco during a Kiko-Bam Shirt printing event</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990447165216 Rory and Coco.png" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Rory and Coco<br/><br/></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990516610018 Senator Bam with Coco during an event 2024.jpeg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Senator Bam with Coco during an event in 2024</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><p>“My father was very stoic, stiff upper lip, and perhaps some of that can be attributed to how we were all boys. I try to be more affectionate and very verbal and expressive about how much I love my two girls. And I’ll be honest, I prayed for daughters and consider myself so fortunate that God gifted me with these two beautiful, kind, and thoughtful girls.”</p><p>“Even if this is a Father’s Day feature, can I just mention that I’m a proud Mama’s boy? My mother is the one who’s so affectionate, so courageous. She’s the supreme example of how parenting never stops. At 80, she was still campaigning for me, helping in the effort.”</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990456679321 Senator Bam with Paul Aquino.jpeg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Senator Bam with Paul Aquino<br/><br/></span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990458881220 Senator Bam with his father Paul Aquino, mother Melanie Aquino, and brothers Dennis and PV.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Senator Bam with his father Paul Aquino, mother Melanie Aquino, and brothers Dennis and PV</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>“But whether my father or my mother, the truly big lesson they both showed me is that what’s important is how you treat people. And by people, I mean beyond family or friends. It’s how you interact with the household, with strangers, with people you encounter in the street, that really reveals what kind of person you are. Actions speak louder than words, and it’s the everyday behavior that speaks loudest. I want my girls to see that in me and hold me up to that test every day. And for me, it’s not the big moments, the big sermons that count, as the children can easily forget those moments. It’s what they see us adults doing everyday, by example, that will seep in and be truly remembered.”</p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990479567517 Senator Bam with Rory.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Senator Bam with Rory</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990471219419 Senator Bam with Rory and Coco.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990482183313 Family Pic.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><br/></div><p>“And from my father, it was the work ethic and keeping one’s lifestyle simple that I’ll always take with me. The respect and courtesy he showed to anyone he was talking to—that would be how he led by example, giving advice, even if in a non-verbal manner,” Senator Bam told <strong>Metro.Style</strong>. So, thank you to Paul and Melanie Aquino for how they brought up their son, Bam.</p><p>I then joke with Bam and ask if he’s cognizant of the saying that having only daughters means you are paying back for being ‘<em>pilyo</em>’ with women, before you got married. Bam laughs, says something about ancient history, or ‘not more than most’; and I know enough to move on.</p><div><br/></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990497275612 Family Pic.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990500763614 Family Pic.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><br/></div><p>He’s happy sharing that, insofar as parenting is concerned, he believes it’s a 50/50 arrangement between Timi and him. Timi is presently the general manager of a top company and has her stable corporate life; and from his first term as Senator, they both agreed that she would continue that career, and that they would share in the parenting duties, conscious of the demands of their respective careers. And so far, it’s working. Mind you, Bam does let slip that when it came to the education of the daughters, his choice was a traditional school, while Timi was for a progressive school, and they’re both enrolled in a progressive school.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174990526286002 Senator Bam and Family during proclamation.jpeg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Senator Bam and family during proclamation</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Asked what would be the three most important lessons he’d like to impart to his daughters, Bam says, “Be kind, don’t be mean. Then learn to pour your heart into something, so that you learn about focusing and concentration. And connected to the second, excel at something, and this doesn’t have to be academic, but it’s so you’re passionate about something in your life.” It could be a sport, a musical instrument, or an art form—and this can change or evolve over time, but the idea is to have something that helps define your life. These are indeed wise words for any child, whether daughter or son, and it’s good to hear them from a Senator who has made education one of the cornerstones of his political career. </p>

<p>In this exclusive, Senator Bam Aquino talks about what he learned from his father, Paul Aquino, and shares the three most important lessons he’d like to impart to his daughters.</p>

In this exclusive, Senator Bam Aquino talks about what he learned from his father, Paul Aquino, and shares the three most important lessons he’d like to impart to his daughters.

A Father's Day Series: A Rare Glimpse Into Senator Bam Aquino's Life as a Dad

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A Father's Day Series: A Rare Glimpse Into Senator Bam Aquino's Life as a Dad

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