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Old Parents Need Not Ask for Support from Children

@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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Should old parents receive maintenance from children?

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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People who do not look after their old parents.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 29 Jan 11

Do you believe that those who do not care to look after their old parents have any feeling for the other members of the society except those of their nuclear family?

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How you really love your parents?

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...

assistance

love and care

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Do you have an "olds" staying with you..?

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...

elderly

old parents

pastime

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Is not our duty to help old parents?

sunilkonda @sunilkonda (1215) • India 24 Nov 08

How many of our today's young generation is ready to look after their old parents.We have learned that your parents took care of you all their life and when they grow older its our duty to take care of them.But how much you will...

help

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young generation

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where do you prefer your parents stay when they grow older?

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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Have You Sent Anyone in the Family to Homes-for-the-Aged?

mjmlagat @mjmlagat (3170) • Philippines 22 Sep 08

My father is almost seventy years old and my mother is almost sixty. They're still living in our old house and yes, I have not sent them to a care-giving home for the aged. Although facilities like that is rarely found in our...

home for the aged

old parents

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How old is too old?

stylioJ @stylioJ (403) • United States 17 Sep 08

Many discussions get in to the appropriate age for people to have children. It seems like the majority of these discussions are focused on people who are too young that are having children. But what about older adults? For the...

children

old parents

raising children

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Home for the Aged For Your Old Parents? Are You in Favor?

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...

home for the aged

old parents

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Help your old in the family ?

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...

financial help

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ignore old parents

kumbarn14 @kumbarn14 (735) • Pakistan 6 May 07

Why does children once they get married ignore the old mother and father, specially the sons. They are rich guys but does not ask the parents mum and dad, did you have food? Do you require anything. They are scared to wish the...

ignore

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wish

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How old is too old...??

mari61960 @mari61960 (4893) • United States 2 May 07

Do you think there is an age that should be considered too old to start a family? Do you think it should depend on a persons age, their health or what? I have an uncle that is getting married in July. He is 67 and his bride is...

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Leaving Your Old Parents to Homes For the Aged: How justified?

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...

homes for the aged

leaving old parents in homes for the aged

nursing homes

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How you cope up with your parents becoming unreasonable and overdamanding?

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?

old parents

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why are old parents left by their children

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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