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The necessary assumption for “children owe me for raising them” is “I have no obligation to raise or nurture my children”.

• trasz 4y ago
  Not feeling obliged to raise own kids - as opposed to just making sure they survive - seems quite common in the West.
  • rayiner 4y ago
    My dad mentioned the other day that he had the impression that American parents “don’t really love their kids.” I think what he meant was that the western, particularly Protestant, way of raising children is very hands off. In Asia, parents are expected to subordinate their individual identity to their role as a parent. Sadly that makes Asians raising kids in the US particularly thankless—the parents follow Asian norms in sacrificing for their kids but the kids often grow up westernized and don’t reciprocate.
    • jacquesm 4y ago
      > the kids often grow up westernized and don’t reciprocate That should be expected though, and is likely an advantage for those kids. Integration is an important step in adopting a new country. That this will put you at odds with your parents is a common thing too, almost every group of immigrants that I'm aware of has this.