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17 Feb 2023 18:00

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Elders do not drop youngsters but youngsters?

Yesterday I went to a small hotel run by an elderly couple. There I saw a girl aged about 15 years was sitting on a bench and ordering the couple to look after the customers. Later only I came to know that she was their daughter but with some mental disorder. The couple didn't send the child to any home. They were taking care of her.

On the other day, I saw a couple carrying their child on their shoulder to their working place with the permission of the management.

But many children drop their parents into old age homes or abandon them on the roadsides or at some tourist places/ Temples.

Where is the justification?

#769662

17 Feb 2023 18:54

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We can't come to a conclusion by seeing one or two cases. I know young people who sacrificed their lives for taking care of their parents. One of distinct relative was a very famous doctor in AP. His father expired and this doctor used to take care of his mother. He remained unmarried thorough his life and taken care of his mother. One interesting point to note that is he died within two days after his mother died.
My own aunt ( Mother's sister) a doctorate in Telugu, never married to take care of her parents as they have no sons and only three daughters.
So there will be all types of people and we may come across different types of people at different times. This world is having many types of people and no two people act in the same way in the same condition. But as mentioned by the author many young people these days are giving money to their parents but not able to hold their hands when they need.

drrao
always confident

#769670

18 Feb 2023 07:51

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In earlier times there were set norms in the society and people lived in a joint family and took care of their parents. The grandchildren observed everything happening in the family and learnt all those traits in a normal way and behaved with their parents in the same fashion.
Unfortunately, modernisation took toll of many things and one of the most affected was the family patterns in the world. The joint family structure got disintegrated and everywhere nuclear families came in being in a large number.
The old norms were shattered soon and the young generation did not see up to their parents with any sympathetic gesture. The only attachment remained was with the children. Everyone is now worried and focused for the welfare of their children so the relationship is still existing in a very effective and affectionate manner but it is only in one direction and that is the downwards. These changes are perceptible across the globe and are not a local phenomena.

Knowledge is power.

#769686

18 Feb 2023 13:40

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What the author has revealed is partially correct. We cannot rush to conclusions immediately that the youngsters are not taking care of their seniors. I have come across several times in Bengaluru when the young men have been found helping their seniors to cross the roads holding their hands in crossing the roads. Some were found to offer the seniors to have their seats in the cars to reach their destinations on humanitarian grounds. Similarly the seniors would not lag behind in blessings the youngsters for their outstanding performance in the different activities. In India, at least, there is close bonding between the seniors and youngsters taking equal interest in helping each other.

#769699

19 Feb 2023 10:45

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This is again old wine in a new bottle.

Nevertheless, I would like to second the opinion by Dr Rao that we cannot or rather should not form a general opinion about this trend based on some isolated incidents. Don't we get to see parents abandoning their children or the children being not taken care of by the parents? We do. Similarly there are instances where the parents are abandoned or are not looked after. We get to hear so many reasons and excuses for such actions. That being the fact, I am of the opinion that no reasoning can justify such actions, whether it be by the parents or by the children.

Having said so, I must agree that the instances of parents being abandoned or being left to the care of some old age homes are on the rise and this is a social issue that needs to be studied seriously, especially with the average life span of people increasing day by day. It is reported that we have more elderly people than youngsters. If nuclear families have their plus points, they do have their negatives too and this issue of the aged being not taken care of is, I think, a negative output of decreasing the number of members in our family.

'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all'.
-Aristotle

Elders do not drop youngsters but youngsters?

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