In many Asian family, parents will encourage their children to stay at home, even after they’ve got married so that they can look after their parents when their parents won’t be able to take care of themselves anymore (and to avoid being sent to nursing home). Some parents will even have children mainly to secure their old days.

Many Western parents, on the other hand, to the best of my knowledge, encourage their children to live in their own dwellings, while this may promote independence it will also loosen the relationship between parents and children. It’s not uncommon for children after they’ve moved to their own dwellings and have their own family to forget about their parents, focusing only to their own life and visit their parents only during holidays that correlate to family gatherings.

What do you think about your children? Won’t you want them to look after yourself when you need it the most? Why won’t you influence your children so they grow up feel indebt and responsible to their parents?

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