As a child, we have a responsibility to take care of our parents especially when they are growing old. Many of our parents have sacrificed a lot for us to become who we are and I believe it's not a crime to take care of them in their old age.
Countless times, they struggle to ensure we become great in life, Raising a child is not an easy task, is it the aspect of feeding, clothing, or sponsoring a child to school, it's not a easy one yet they choose to forsake many precious things just to ensure we become who will we are today.
As regards assisting them financially irrespective of their financial capacity, it's a good one. There is always a smile of joy on the face of parents when you send them a gift either a material thing or in monetary value. There is always this excitement on their face. Right at the moment of excitement, they began to shower prayers and blessings upon such a child.
Regardless of all, I will mostly advise that you give to your parent based on your financial capacity especially when you have highly demanding parents. Some parents have seen their children as a retirement benefit during old age, they suck out the life of their children through their financial demands.
Imagine a child who just started a life, by getting a job to start with, many parents don't understand that such kind of child has his personal needs too. But once they hear such a child is working without knowing the financial capacity either he/she is financially stable or not. They began to bill such child which might end up draining such and might end up leading to depression if care is not taken.
My advice is to start by supporting them with the little you earn. Don't start by shouldering responsibilities you can't afford or else you will become drained emotionally or mentally.
I have a colleague at work, who is always moody most times, I asked her what was wrong, and she started crying and said nobody understands how she doing rather her parent kept on asking for money almost everything. I later get to know that she's the one sponsoring two of her siblings in universities, she's the one feeding the parent and her siblings. The most disheartening of it all is that the parent will go ahead to buy expensive clothes for various occasions in the village because they believe their daughter is always there to send them money. She opened a shop and filled it up with goods to support her parent but yet the demand is getting higher day by day. She has borrowed loans from banks just to meet her parent's financial needs. Can you imagine that..
Irrespective of how old I am, I would never see my children as a retirement benefit. That's why I have started making plans on how to invest and establish business that will sustain me in my old age. I would want my children to give out of their own will and not put my financial responsibility on them. Not being a burden to a child is a thing of joy that's why I will invest and have savings for future needs.
Ohh this is so weird to hear that. This is so much for her i think so because payimg for sibling, giving money to parents, also trying to manage her own needs being a single sponsor.
You are right...she was overwhelmed with too much responsibilities
Our responsibility and duty is to take care of parents. If we cannot take responsibility as parents. Then you must remember your next generation your children will take your responsibility. And your child will misbehave with you much more. Nice to see your beautiful post presented to us in a very beautiful way.
You are right💯💯. Thank you so much
Most welcome
In particular I believe that giving to our parents will always keep them proud, because they will feel satisfied to see that the teachings they gave us are bearing fruit, we must instill values from an early age and not prepare children to support us in the future. If children want to support their parents they must do it from the heart.
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