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I feel that children have no obligation to take care of their elderly parents. They don’t owe them anything.

The alternative seems more insane to me.

A society that creates people who feel entitled to say they don't owe anything to those who made immense sacrifices for them (even though nobody chooses their relatives), is quite sad.

It's a society so individualistic that deprives one of the main pleasures of human life: making a difference in the lives of those you love.

Parents choose to have children; in my mind the responsibility flows in that direction, from parent to child. A child has no choice in the matter, why should they be saddled with responsibility?

I'll happily care for my mother as she ages - she's been a wonderful parent all my life. But I have friend whose parents basically just kept them alive to adulthood, kicked them out, and are now expecting years of "payback". No thanks.

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