Another way of looking at it is "When should the kids be supporting the parents financially? Is it even expected in these modern society?" where working parents have the choice to retire early and let the children make their own money.
2006-10-08 19:57:41 · 6 answers · asked by Kool_Kermit 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
i believe..parents should responsible...to grow their kids...and prepare their kids ready to survive the real life.
Thats means,..Parents should paid kids expenses until their finish college..or highest education possible..so that their kids ready to survive real life...minimum at an average standard of life( this might be around the age of 21-25).
This applied for female and male alike,...female have to be able to survive by herself too,..not depended to a husband or somebody elses.
Even animal,..will stop protecting/supporting their kids,...once ONLY IF their kids are ready to survive by their own.
In return,..good parents would NOT expect any return from their children,...but they will gatefully appreciate children that respect and taking care of them in their old days,....thats what i called LOVE from parents to their children.
2006-10-08 20:24:15 · answer #1 · answered by the withness 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Personally, I think once the child has either left school, left home, or turned 18! As soon as I left school and started my first job, I paid my parents a % of my income for board. They were no longer responsible for me financially. It worked well. I learned to look after my own finances at a young age, and be responsible,( I was 16 at the time). However, if a child is still in school after 18, I believe you need to use your best judgment. Whatever you do, don't let them scrounge off you- you're not doing them any favors! These parents that you see that have adult children living with them, paying no board, need their heads read! Even if said child is unemployed, they should be giving a portion of their social security money to their parents to help cover costs.
2006-10-08 20:12:21 · answer #2 · answered by bougainvillaea 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. In my family, well culture, everyone supports everyone always. Money goes back and forth like crazy, but we are tight knit. If you mean like providing a home for children then the way we do it is that children do not leave the house until they are married. I'm 21 I live at home, it doesn't seem right for a single girl to be living on her own, our views anyway. I think by 18 a teen should have a job and support themselves, if that's what you mean, but should stay at home until they are ready to make a family. When their parents get older, they should begin to care of them, usually by this time their own children have grown up. In my house our grandparents live here too.
2006-10-08 20:08:53 · answer #3 · answered by pinacoladasundae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
parents should continue to support their children if they are in college and trying for a degree that needs further years to become lawyer,doctor, etc...these careers take more than the four year college time...then they should be on their own, and when the parents reach a certain age [near retirement] that is when the children need to step up and help their parents....................
2006-10-08 20:44:47 · answer #4 · answered by walterknowsall 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's expected for kids to some day support their parents. They did it all those years for us. I'm talking about when they are seniors on limited budgets, or living alone, or needing help paying for long term care.
2006-10-08 20:07:06 · answer #5 · answered by ebonyruffles 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
duh!
2006-10-08 20:01:28 · answer #6 · answered by jgmafb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋