Do Children Owe their Parents?
Now this has always been a controversial topic, one that up till a few years ago I didn't know had more than one answer to it because I've always felt that we all are on the same page. But then ever since we got introduced to the "woke" community, a lot of things that usually could be answered with common sense are no longer the same because now people want to be different and they want to do things differently, which is fine I guess.
Anyways, my question for today is a pretty straight forward one, do children owe their parents? And by "owe" I mean are they indebted to their parents for taking care of them when they were little until they became adults?
The reason I'm asking this question is because I recently saw an interview online where someone had said that they don't feel that their kids owe them for anything because they didn't ask to be born. To me, that was funny because it sounded like there's an option somewhere where you could get permission from your kids first, to know if they want to be born before you actually go ahead to give birth to them.
Anyways, I digress. Personally, I honestly don't think that something like this should even be something worth discussing because again, it all boils down to common sense. And I say that because if you apply common sense in this conversation, then you should know that you owe it to your parents to want to take care of them when you get of age and you're doing better for yourself.
Because yes you weren't asked to be born, but it's not like there was a way they could have asked if they wanted to. But you know what they wouldn't have done if they didn't want to, they wouldn't have taken care of you, because giving birth to you is one thing, showering you with love and looking after you is another thing.
Now I might not want to make use of the word "owe" but it should be your duty to want to look after your parents when y'all both get to a certain age. As a matter of fact, you should owe it to yourself to want to take care of them, but then I don't know, it might be the African in me speaking, which is why I would love to hear from you guys.
Do children owe their parents for taking care of them?
As you express it is a question that has many answers according to the perception of each person, their stories and their experiences.
It is a topic that in current times brings many answers because when they are in the age of care must be taken care of parents, today is very criticized the fact that there are children who for not being able to take care of them take them to places for the elderly.
Children do not owe anything to their parents, it is a matter of conscience of each one, of how they handle the issue of coming into the world and who took care of them in their growth. It is a matter of love from children to their parents.
Therefore, the issue of perception is very important, remember that we are beings of so many differences between each other and this brings the multiplicity of social schemes towards the subject.
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I guess you're right. I should have included that it all depends on the child and how they were brought up. I guess I was focusing solely on situations where the parents did their absolute best for their kid while growing up.
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Saludos amigo. Hay leyes como es el caso de mi país donde se establece la obligación de manutención y cuidado de los padres cuando estan ancianos. Así que legalmente yo lo considero un deber legal
Bueno, me alegra saberlo. Lamentablemente, en nuestro país no existen esas normas, así que, a menos que el niño decida cuidar a sus padres, estos están solos.