Parents Obliged Their Children For Financial Need? (in their old age)

I am going to base my answer base on the existing law in my country regarding support. And when I say laws on support it means financial support. This is stated in the Civil Code of my country. The parents are oblige to support their children even at the majority age when the child is unable to support himself financially, likewise the child who is financially capable, earning a lot of money than the parents, are also obliged to support their parents when the latter are unable to do so themselves. This is according to the civil law. However, in such a conservative country, we see this situation as a moral obligation rather than a civil obligation.

Hello friend, In my opinion,the questions is...are you willing to give or share money/financial things to your parents when they get old? Even if your parents had enough money like for example,they are receiving some pension,are you still willing to give them money? For me,i am very much willing to give money to my parents even if they don't need it since they still had income or pension. It's not the money that matters however,it is how we care for them. The thought that we want to repay them in the simplest way,is enough for our parents to bring happiness. We owe them everything,and we cannot repay for that...we cannot repay them by giving them money or things. have a good day always

parents have that responsibility to take care of their children and see to their welfare. do the children have that obligation to pay back? i think there is none. the children will be able to pay back once they become parents, or become adults themselves. they owe their parents nothing. even the Bible tells us so. now, if the parents lack for one reason or another, it will depend on a child's willingness to help. if the parent had succeeded in bringing up a sensitive child, then good for him. if not, the child could not be blamed for it. it is not his fault why the parent is in that condition. a child can help but it should not be obligatory. also, if the child is already married, why would he or she be obligated to help? he or she has her own family already to take care of.

i do not see any reason why we will not give any financial support to our parents when they grow old, when in fact they had spent their time giving us good education, on my opinion they do not have to obliged me because i will voluntarily give them financial support as long as i live :)

Actually, giving or supporting our parents in their old age is something we can do to somehow repay them to all the sacrifices and the goodness that they have given us for us to be what we are now. We owe them what we have become. But it is NEVER an obligation to support them. There is no such thing. For us children, we really have that feeling of extending what ever we can give them. There is no need to oblige us of anything. I believe that in every children's heart we would always want what's best for our parents and it would be best to see that they are living comfortably. I, as a child, think that in the years to come I would want to be someone my parents would be proud of. And from there, I could proudly say that I have successfully repaid what they have done for me. ^_^

i don't consider it as an obligation, but as honor and love for them. We would have our own family and to them we would have our obligation. When we give to our parents it's a way for us to show how we honor what they did for us when we are still young and needed support. It's a way of saying thank you as well. I would admit that right now I am working for my parents, and this is not because they obliged me to but because i wanted to help and show them that i do care.

Hi visavis, Different cultures have their own thoughts about children having to support their parents in their old age. I agree that family is very important and if parents have no source of income, they are really dependent on their children. In western society, most parents have some sort of income and many are able to manage well financially and don't need that sort of help from their children. I do believe that it's good for children to be there to help their parents with loving support however it's needed. Blessings.

parents have that responsibility to take care of their children and see to their welfare. do the children have that obligation to pay back? i think there is none. the children will be able to pay back once they become parents, or become adults themselves. they owe their parents nothing. even the Bible tells us so. now, if the parents lack for one reason or another, it will depend on a child's willingness to help. if the parent had succeeded in bringing up a sensitive child, then good for him. if not, the child could not be blamed for it. it is not his fault why the parent is in that condition. a child can help but it should not be obligatory. also, if the child is already married, why would he or she be obligated to help? he or she has her own family already to take care of.

its an act of appreciation and gratitude for everything theyve done for us. what you sow is what you reap...