Do we have a responsability toward our parents?

Question

This guy said we are judged as good or bad the moment we realise our parents aren't perfect.
But when is this moment? We realise what our parents are as toddlers don't we?
We try to please them as children. But as adults, we treat them normally like any other people. As in, we give them their human rights but won't take any crap from them.....
So do we have a responsability toward them and how?

Crescent...oh my......
You're serious? You're saying our parents gave us life? I thought they landed here like us and had sex together at some point.....
How would we need to be grateful toward them. Go sit in a corner and think hard about EVERYTHING.
Or think before you type next time....

Answer 1

I ain't answering for anyone but myself...of course we have a responsibility to our parents..we owe them love, respect, kindness, and companionship where we can. They were responsible for us, it is the least we can do to return their love, let them know we love them. Even the Old Testament commands us, "Honor thy father and mother." That doesn't mean you have to like them..some parents are just "unlikeable" but...unless serious abuse has taken place, I cannot understand some people's attitude towards their parents...I have seen parents wither away in sadness over being abandoned by their kid(s). My brother would have nothing to do with my mother or father for 20 years because of an imagined slight...how terribly foolish. My mom died 3 years ago, and I am sure my brother will live to regret his actions...although people have a remarkable ability to rationalize all bad things they do...amazing. There was never a week in my life when I didn't at least call once to see how everyone was. I miss those calls...I have no mother to share my foibles with..she always got a laugh at my latest misadventure, and she never, ever said, "I told you so."

Answer 2

According to Islam, we have responsibility towards our parents and must treat them with kindness and love when they reach old age.
As for your question that we try to please our parents when we are children, it's not that we please them because we understand that we are taken care by them, it's because a child's world is more or less limited to his immediate family and whatever a child does, it's not to please anyone but it comes natural to any child.
Yes, as you have put it that once we grow up we don't "take any crap from them". It's not because we are judging them, it's because we want to explore things on our own. Interestingly, at the end of our experiences, most of the time if not always, we reach to the conclusion that our parents were right.
As our parents are not "just human beings" but are closely associated with us, we must give them more than just human rights. This in no way means that we have no right to go against their will or explore the world on our own, it only means that even in the worst of arguments we must keep this in our mind that they are our parents and must respect them even when we are going against their wishes.

Answer 3

U have asked a very good question. Every individual ( son or daughter) must have a responsibility towards their parents.The explaination is very simple---
There r two phases in life when an individual has to b dependent on others.These r Childhood n Old age.
-When u were a child, didn't ur parents cared for u?
-Don't u think that they always supported u in ur good n bad days?
-Then why should u not care for them , when they need u the most...
-Living with n caring for one's parents is considered as the biggest duty in d eyes of God...

Answer 4

We do have responsibility toward our parents. Parents are just people trying to do the best with what they have been given and also by the resources they have. But...as their children get older they realize that they (the child) has free will. The will to make choices, not always good choices, not always the choices parents are proud of but they are still the child's choices, and that child will have to own up to the ramifications of that choice.
If a parent was a good and loving parent a thank you would be much appreciated every now and they,

Answer 5

When you were little, your parents took care of you. They fed you, they made sure you had decent housing, clothing, whatever..
They gave up many things that they may have wanted, or even needed, for you.
Now that you are grown, and they are getting older, you do have an obligation to them.
If you can't see that, then they didn't do a very good job raising you.
But then that comment "won't take any crap from them" sort of tells me already that your parents failed to raise a decent, respectful human being.
I only hope that you have four sons, and they all turn out just like you...

Answer 6

We definetly have a responsibility towards our parents. They are, after all, the people who gave you life. If it was not for them, you would never be even asking this question. You should give respect to the womb that bore you!
A wise man once said: no matter what you do for your parents, it will not even pay off even the slightest pangs of labor. We owe our lives to them, so why are we so hestiant?

Answer 7

I'm not sure I would say responsibility... honor; yes, definitely. Some parents are abusive, I would have no second thoughts to ending such a relationship... but I would still honor them as my parents by not bad mouthing them, among other things.

Answer 8

The Bible in many places tells children have a responsibility to their parents to honor and respect them. The Bible puts no time limit on this. As kids, that means obeying them in all things. As adults, giving them respect and honor that is due them.

This realizing our parents are not perfect is garbage. Parents have the responsibility to instruct them of this and many other truths from early on.

Answer 9

Honor them and love them while they are still here with you on earth. There will come a day when you will no longer be able to do this. Life is too short.

Peace, Love, and Blessings
Greenwood

Answer 10

I was far older than toddlerdom when I realized things of that nature about my parents. Honestly, I think it was becoming a parent myself that unraveled alot of that mystery.