old parents
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@acelawrites
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
17 Jun 16
It is so sad to hear about parents who were too shy to ask for support from their children. More so if they do not have income or pensions every month.
If they get sick, there is only a little benefit from their health...
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (23251)
13 May 16
Under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, husbands in India are supposed to maintain their wives, children and others who does not have income and are dependents.
In that list old parents are mentioned. But the laws in...
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mobhomeir
@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
30 Aug 09
Hello guys, I have here a question that I am so sure most us children would surely say YES I DO, INDEED!!!!!!!!!!!
But, I was just wondering why there are people or even countries' culture that their parents would refused to be...
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mobhomeir
@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
29 Jul 09
Hey guys I have a picture here of my retired father-in-law who's spending his pastime playing his favorite Chinese game "sungka" or whatever you call it in your dialect...
I understand in some other countries they never let...
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kayedanda
@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
24 Oct 08
at your house? or at a retirement home/home for the aged? i don't know much about other countries' culture, but here where i live, we usually let our parents stay with us when they are past their prime. i think it's because of the...
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (16568)
• Philippines
15 Aug 08
Here in our corner of the world, when our parents age, we don't usually bring them to the home for the aged. We feel it a slap to our faces if we don't take care of them personally.
In some countries,however; aged parents...
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ketybhagat
@ketybhagat (4123)
• India
2 Dec 07
When you are old and cant make ends meet, would you ask your kids for financial support or would that be beneath your dignity to ask. I know my mum will never ask for money, so I send her some regularly every month so that she has...
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cuddleme01
@cuddleme01 (2725)
• Philippines
15 Feb 07
If I am going to have a family and children of my own, I would want my kids to take care of me when I am old, just like how I take care of them when they are still babies, incapable of living in this world all alone without me. I...
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Bala
@balasri (26537)
• India
1 Dec 06
As people become old they demand a lot and not content with the care.At times you tend to lose patience.What is the remedy?
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rsrait
@rsrait (567)
• India
21 Nov 06
why are old parents left in this world to fend for them self by wife children and socity in gereral.when they worked all their life to give them the best life could offer .
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