Do you like to be away from parents during their old age?

That is a wrong notion. No child (with the exception of a very few)would want their parents left alone to die. Let us look at those children who love their parents very much but are helpless. Many come in this category. There are no prospects for these children to stay where their parents live and many a time parents themselves encourage their children to leave the shores seeking greener pastures. With economy being as it is there is no other go. How would you expect these children to care for their parents?

I loved my parents. Me and my siblings tried our best to be by their side until the very end of their lives. However I do not expect the same from my children. Someday if I will grow weak and old and sickly I am open-minded enough to think that it's just how it is. My children are good kids and I try my best to teach and guide them about what's right and wrong. If for some reasons they can not be there to take care of me in a "daily" basis I would understand it. I don't expect them to drop everything because of me. I don't expect them to stop their life because of me. That would be selfish. It would be nice for them to offer to take care of me but it is also ok for me to be in an elderly home. I also don't believe that I'm a bad parent to someday worry that they will not come and visit me there often. Besides who wants to hang out with an old lady? I've had my years with my kids so I might need a break too. Take me away to the elderly home as long as i take my computer with me so i could continue mylotting. hahahaa...

Here in the Philippines, the people takes care of their parents in old age. We feel it is our obligation to return the love and care they gave us, when we were still growing until we are responsible enough to have families of our own. Some of us with our own family, even chose to live with our parents, since we feel that they should have company as they grow old, to take care of them. Some would live nearby so that it would just be easy to check on how our parents are doing by themselves in their own house. Some would get them to live with us in our homes. That's how we love our old parents.

I do agree with you friend we have to take care of our parents as they took all the responsibility from our childhood. We have to take care of them when they are sick. Especially when our parents get retairment from there jobs they want to spend all the time with their children. hence we have give some time to our parents even though we are very busy.

hi there alienstar! i would not want to leave my parents when they get old too! it would pain me to leave them suffering from old age. here also in our country we attend to our old parents. a way of showing how grateful we are for raising us properly. i believe also that it is the best thing to let them feel they are loved and we are grateful for the things they have done for us. and also who would want to be left alone when we get old? none right? so if possible never do things which you do not want others do unto you. i stick to the Golden Rule.

I will stay with my parents when they are older.I will support them when they can hardly walk.I will guide them when their eyes are already blurry.I will hug them when the nights are cold.I will love them wholeheartedly even if everyone has left. They are the reason why I am here,and that won't be paid by any amount.Even if I work for them my whole life long I will still not be able to pay the love and life they gave me. I will take care of them until their last breath so they will pass away happily. I love them a lot.

Its duty of child to take care their old parents as just like parents did when their child were kid. But I think now a days what happening is that children take lesson from their parents. As their parents also been away from their parents.

I don think anyone will like to stay away purposely. I am from India and most of them take good care of their parents. But sadly, the count of old age homes are also increasing. This shows how the generation gap has been discouraging people from staying together. Both parents and children are becoming adamant in their viewpoints. I do agree with you.. It is our 'duty' to take care of our parents. We owe them a lot for all the care they have given us and for those sweet sacrifices, which no one else in Earth would for us!!!

No I don't. I must protect and care they like they care me when I was young

Hello Alienstar, I always would like to be with my parents forever not only when they become old.Its our duty to be with them when they become old and weak.But recently i have seen lot of people leaving their parents in old age home as they find their old parents burden for them.They forget that if their parents would have abondoned them when they were born thinking to be burden on them may be they would not be in this world.

Generally i dont like people, who leave their parents at the old age home. This is the biggest sin in one's life. I want to stay with my parents during their old age. We should also treat them respectfully

When our parents grow older, it is the duty of their children to take care of them. When we were still young, our parents took care of us and provided us with all our needs and so, as they age, it is our turn to help them. It's like we're returning the favor being given. Parents are still family and even though we get married in the future, we still have an obligation to care for them.

Yes. We need to be with our parents in the old age. Being their children we need to give our support during their old age as they gave support to us during our childhood. it's our responsibility to take care of them. What ever we are and wherever we are only because of them.

I do not agree to that worst tendency.middle age is the period when parents wants our hand support.they spends their whole life to make a living to us.but at last we shun and avoid them.they are very thirst to get the love from their belongings that time.they also deserve it.

in my country, people live with parents. usually the last kids. i live with my motherin law