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> Then, you’re obligated to take care of them No, you very much are not.
by CamJN 2mo ago
> Then, you’re obligated to take care of them
No, you very much are not.
- edot 2mo agoWell, in 3/5 of the United States you are. Look up filial laws. They’re rarely enforced but they’re there.
- CamJN 2mo agoWell thankfully I don’t live in that broken country.
- jimbob45 2mo agoMost of us are thankful our parents took care of us and do love them. I recognize that it’s not everyone but I think most kids don’t want to see their parents suffer.
- CamJN 2mo ago> Most I’d love to see a source for that.
- hdgvhicv 2mo agoAs a parent I would far rather suffer than see my kids suffer.
- Avicebron 2mo agoAs a child of parents who think like this, I refuse to let them.
- saltcured 2mo agoPeople with irresponsible parents often end up feeling less responsibility towards them. People with responsible parents often feel more responsibility towards them. Often, the irresponsible groups are suffering more consequences too, which adds to the bitterness. Of course there are other permutations, since life is full of so many uncontrollable factors.
- hdgvhicv 2mo agoBelieve it or not I’m also a child of parents So my kids should suffer more than me, and I should suffer more than my parents?
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 2mo agoIf a parent starts with a home bought by the grandparent and dual income and a lot of money, and end up not having a pension because they spent all the money on holidays and multiple homes and zero investing, would you feel like you need to support them? I feel constantly conflicted, the previous generation started with way more and wasted a lot more and now we are called in to support them, affecting their grandchildren? I don't think that's ok