If your parent needed a place to live, would you take him/her in?

Hello sarah!c",) Yes no doubt that i would take them in, i love them both and i want them to be happy for the rest of their lives. They have been very loving parents to all of us and i want to spend my life serving them. Seeing my Aunt now and my cousin's situation makes me realize how lucky i am to still have both my parents...

Of course I will take them if they want.

H*** no! My parents were abusive, and I would send them to a state hospital where they would be forced to endure the abuse & hatred & anger toward them that I had to face the first 22 years of my life. What goes around, comes around.

In a heartbeat. I wouldn't think twice about it. My parents put a roof over my head and took care of me. If they need anything I would be there because I know that they would do the same for me. There's no way I'd turn my parents away.

of course i will take them in. in fact, i am not that close to them, but i love them. they brought me up, they gave me the best education, they afforted me what i need, there is nothing could be more important than them. so, if they have no place to live, i will take them in.

In my country, the Philippines, it is not a practice to have our older people sent to caring homes. Children takes care of their ageing parents. We take it as a responsiblity among ourselves that we take care of the older people in the family (even if they are not our parents, like an aunt or a grandparent) if they are sick or are not able to care for themselves already. It is our way of showing respect for them and thanking them for taking care of us all when we are still kids. In our culture, we believe that what we do that our parents, like taking care of them, will also come back to us when we grow old. We would like to set good examples to our kids, showing to them that we love our older people, so that someday when we grow old they will have the same values and take care of us also.

i would still take them in even if i weren't close with them. think of it as a way of paying them back for taking care of you when you were under their wing. i know it can be difficult living with them but they won't be here forever. it's a little sacrifice compared to what they've gone through raising you and your other siblings.

A part of our culture is by having close family-ties, we're not sued to sending them on nursery homes or shelter. It's like we're brought up to it, even if we don't have that much we would keep them just to make sure that they are personally taken cared of. It would be ungrateful for a son or a daughter to not keep their parents who took care of them when they were still kids, even if their parents aren't that close to them. Besides, there's no other person to look for each other but us families.

It is really a personal choice... You would make that choice in accordance with the relationship you have with your parents. But I was told recently about some interesting law in France. Parents who have money are not allowed to refuse any of their children their inheritance. They cannot give their money to anyone... but their children once they die. On the other hand... once the parents reach 65... if they are poor and need assisstance... the children are forced by law to look after their parents.

Im having a living with them in this humble home of my family.In future,i will take them to stay with me..i will take care of them likewise they have take care of me when i was young until now. For being a good young teens and able to lead life like normal.They are my parents and i dont dare to send them to a olf folks home or etc.They had childrens,their daughter and sons.Why must we all let them away... They give all their love and care to me and i wont miss the chance to give them all my best to take care of them and support them all they way.. Let say it is an "IF" If they are not close to me;for what reasons...they are apart of me for years...or they does not care about me when i was young,suddenly i knew them now..hahaha.. thats maybe i will consider because if parents are like that..we must check out whats behind the scene..if acceptable..i will..if not..take on consideration.. lol...=) But still,i will always care for my parents throughout my life! =)

I am close with my mother, so it is hard for me to answer the last part of your question. As it is, I would gladly "take my mother in" if she needed or wanted me to. She just turned 76 and lives in an elderly only community. Her own lovely house and many friends to keep her busy. Her second husband left her quite well off, so she doesn't suffer from lack of security. She is going to hawaii in January. She is living her elder years quite comfortably and she deserves it. She was always there for her 6 children and still is. PEACE

I would take my parents in to live with me. I am close to both of them.I could never put my parents into a home. They took care of me and in return I would take care of them.And if I was not close to them.I would still take them in.

Surely I will, remembering the self-giving love they ever gave to you when you were still a little kid.

hello sarahruthbeth22, for right now, in my mind, definatelly I'll do that, I will take my parrents with me, but who knows about future, I can't even predict my future mind and atitute, but I wish I'm not.

Right now I am living with my parents. I am planning to get married in one or two years. I would like to stay with my parents as they had stayed with me when I was young. I think most people should stay with their own parents and take care of them. In our places most people live like joint families. I also like the idea of joint families. It is fun to live in a joint family than single family. Years ago in our place most people lived in big houses together. There were houses which have more than 22 rooms and had more than 20 people living together. I support joint family. I love to stay with my parents.

I would take them in, but get them services like I have as soon as possible so they could get back to be independent amd I could get my life back. No I wouldn't send them to home as I hate nursing homes!

i will definitely take them with me. I am very close with my parents. so i like them very much. i want to supprt then well when they are old.

A few years ago I had nowhere to live and moved in with my Dad. My sister and brother weren't happy about it and encouraged me to move out. I didn't particularly want to be there but Dad is in his mid nineties and has dementia to a small degree, he could use someone being with him. He wants to stay in his own home and he wants me to come back and take care of him but I have my own home now and a good life and I have several animals. He could move in with me, certainly but I don't know what's going to happen. My sister has Power of Attorney and I think she will put him in a home.

Sure, that goes without saying. I am also a parent today, so I know it is very difficult to be a good parent. And I like my parents to live with us. It is more like a whole family. And I can take good care of them.

Right now i live with my mom (since i cant afford to move out). So i would definitely return the favor and take her in if she ever needed somewhere to live. I think even if i wasnt close to my parents i would probably take them in.