Should the non-earning parents be supported by earning children?

Question

When children get married, most of them face this question.

I am looking an answer as a social survey.

I would appreciate if the answer also includes the nationality and age-gropu of the person answering. This will give me a broader idea as to how people think at different places!

Generally non-earning parents are treated as a burden. Is thjis attitude justified? if yes, why? If no, why?

Answer 1

Pakistani
Age: 23

Well certainly this is unfair and only damned human beings can treat their parents this way.

I would say all you have in life to care about is your parents, cuz you would have been nothing without them. Unfortunately this is one of the most growing negelgence of our society today.

you should do everything to put as least as a smile on their faces, and i assure you will feel like you have won the world.


May God give us power and sense to follow his ways !

Answer 2

Dr. Kale firstly thanks for adding me as your fan. Let me reply this question in two parts. What are the existing provisions of law in regards to this? Well in India section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code clearly provides maintenance for the parents who are unable to maintain themselves. The First class magistrate order the Children of such parents to provide maintenance for them, here I would like to point out that children include even the married daughters as been held by the Courts. Second part of the question is with regards to a latest enactment that has been introduced in the Indian Parliament with regards to such punishment to the children who ignore or avoid taking care of the aged, none earning, weak & ill parents by disinheriting these children from any properties of their parents. When such an enactment see the light of realty is still not clear.

Answer 3

As i see it,, my parent's worked all their lives with no hand outs from anything or anyone. My Dad is retired, and if he and my mom need something they will have it either in money, food, or emotional support. That is my job as a caring, loving, devoted daughter. I love them and know threw the years everything they have done for me and my kids. However they do not ask anything ( pride ) other than going to the Dr's or to the store. And i feel it is an honor to be able to help in anyway that i can. After all where would i be if it weren't for them? And it isn't a BURDEN as you put it.

Answer 4

If the parents are in a difficult situation professionally or phisically, but would normally not have to be supported by their children, then yes, of course they should be helped. If that's not the case, I'd also have to go with yes, but to a lesser extend, depending on the specific situation. In any case, not helping them at all is just not acceptable.
Nationality - Romanian, age - 18

Answer 5

in our american society yes this may be true.

however, for many of the newly arrived, the parents and older generations are revered and treated with highest respect and given all the love and care.

children should help their non-earning parents. however, there is a trend as indicated below

in our country, increasingly, the greed is shameful. in fact, many of our young people expect their parents to turn over a fortune to them. this especially true of hard working parents whose children are educated.

in graduate schools and to some extent in college the kids are taught; 'what have you done for me today?'.

it is partly for this reason there is so much fraud and theft in major companies and abuse or lack of care for older parents. it is also the reason many persons who have broken the law are not prosecuted. for example the people who back dated stock options to get a price advantage.

in addition to fraud, it is theft. the irs should be collecting taxes and where taxes have not been paid, there should be prosecution.

also the attitude that some people are too important or rich to be held to account. is just plain wrong.

Answer 6

Northwest of the USA.

Explain "non-earning". Are you talking about financial gains as far as going to a job or something similar?

Are the parents young enough to work or do something similar, then yes, they should unless they are independently wealthy.

The main thing is to take care of yourself first. If there is health issues, then you should help them as much as you can but don't put yourself in harms way.

There is no financial price you can put on the love for your parents. At times it might be frustrating, (I know) but you don't think it was frustrating for them to wake up in the middle of the night to feed you? Take care of you when you were a sick little kid?

Who changed your dirty diapers? Who made you breakfast before you went to 1st grade? Try to think about what they did for you.

Answer 7

It would be better to ask this question on India Yahoo, not USA Yahoo.


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