which is harder?

@bhyjay (75)
Philippines
August 23, 2011 6:41pm CST
Which do you think is harder to take care? An old man or a child? You can't scold the old man, instead it's him who scolds you... On the other hand, you could scold the child all you want, maybe a million times... But do you think he will listen and obey you?
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@jazzyrae (1745)
• United States
24 Aug 11
they are kinda the same i am going to CNA classes right now i love people so it dosn't matter to me but a kid probably wont listen all the time and an old man you can kind of explain things to and i think if you explain things in a respectfull way they will mostly listen.
@bhyjay (75)
• Philippines
26 Aug 11
Both of them needs patience and understanding but i think the adults are more challenging.
@jazzyrae (1745)
• United States
29 Aug 11
Possibly but I don't know but they both need patience
• Philippines
24 Aug 11
Taking care of an old man and a child is almost the same. I mean, for me it is easy to take care of a child because you can actually control of the things that the child will don. Unlike an old man that may not obey what you will ask him to do. My grandmother is in our house right now. Shes 80 years old and she acts like a child already. I just remember when I ask her to eat her dinner she told me that she already did but in fact she haven't eat her dinner yet.And she didn't eat her dinner that entire evening. My point is, older people are very difficult to take care. But we can't blame them because when we grow old we will also be like them. they say that when a person gets old, he may act as if he was a child again.
@bhyjay (75)
• Philippines
26 Aug 11
You're right. I have encountered old folks living with their families. Indeed they need our love but their situation requires special treatment. Taking care of old folks is a big challenge.
@meticulo (1286)
• United States
24 Aug 11
All people no matter what the age preferences have different needs. I can't say that one is easier to take care than the other. They both need to be treated fairly according to their physical, emotional, moral and spiritual needs.Old people are more sensitive. They tend to be demanding so they need more understanding. While you can let them help themselves during their care, you should be careful not to offend them or let them feel you are trying to let your work be done by them. They can be choosy and they can get irritated easily. Both old and young needs to be treated carefully. Young ones are more delicate and fragile. They tend to depend on you most of the time. It's more tiring I guess. But sometimes they are just so adorable you can't help but cuddle them all the time. On the other hand, older kids are a little bit hard to please. They have this temper tantrums that you can't simply get.Yes, they are hard to listen much more with these high technology environment. They can ignore you, their food and their other needs just to be able to have fun with their gadgets. So, I guess they are both hard to handle in their own different ways.
@jdex_143 (1093)
• Philippines
24 Aug 11
Hello... I think, it's harder to take care of an adult than a child. An adult has a mind of his own. There might be times that you will argue of something like you want him/her to this but he/she will somehow refuse. Argument will arise. Whereas, when you take care of a child, there might also some instances that he/she won't do as you say but you can scold a child and make him/her do what you wanted. So, for me, it's much better to take care of a child than an adult one.
• Philippines
29 Aug 11
Taking care of either an old person or a child requires a huge amount of patience. Taking care of a child is similar to a toy car. It would be better for a child to learn on his own. Instead of instructing him what to do like a remote controlling a toy car, it would be better if we just set limitations like tying a rope on a toy car. The child will learn on his own. Taking care of an old person is pretty tough but you'll enjoy it much better than taking care of a child. It is because a child might not appreciate what we have done but older person does.