Who is going to take care of you when you are old?
Is this why you had children? As an insurance policy? “Okay kids, here’s the deal. I’ll take care of you for 18 years, but after that, you are on your own until I’m sick, and then you have to take care of me. It’s the rules!” Sounds pretty selfish! Is there anything more selfish than that?! Why do you think I’m incapable of taking care of myself? And what makes you so sure that your kids are going to take care of you when you are old? If children are taking care of their parents, why are there so many people in nursing homes?? A couple of years ago, when my father had heart surgery and my mother needed help caring for him, my childed siblings, many of whom live in the area and have teenaged or grown children, couldn’t be bothered to help them. Many of them never even called to check on him during that time! I ended up going to stay with them for a couple of months while he recovered (and I live several states away, which means I had to pack up and move in with them temporarily).
