Analysis of an Issue
"We shepherd our children into adulthood and later they shepherd us into old age."
A parent's obligation is to provide proper education, nourishment and protection for his child. However, a parent should never count on the reciprocation of the same from his child after his old age.
As a new born child, he is totally helpless by himself in this world. It neither has the brains not the muscles to venture out in this world and take care of himself. It is a moral obligation for a parent to provide adequate support to his child.
The parent plays a very important role in the development of the child. The child speaks his first words under the auspices of his parent. The child takes the parents as their role model in his early age. The child looks up to his parents for protection care and education. This initial impetus provided by parents helps the child to have better future. This care provided by the parent is pure and unadulterated. A parent would never take his care as a collateral so as to expect reciprocation of love and support from his child.
A parent should plan his future well ahead so that he may not have to depend on anyone for his support. A child has his own obligation to take care of his parents.However, there have been occasions where the child has failed to take care of his parent. A parent should try to be in a position to be able to cope up with his situation too. A person should understand that, as helpless the child is when it is born, a parent would also be in the same state due to senility and exhaustion. There may not be need of a monetary support, but moral support from his child would do lot of good for the parent in his old age and spend his time peacefully.
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