How are we dealing with our parents? - Part 2

In the previous section, we reported on what changes people are going through. At the beginning of our lives, we need the help of our parents, and as we grow up, we begin our own life. The best chance is that we can rely on our parents as adults, even if it is "just" dealing with grandchildren, grandparents can take crazy burdens from our shoulders. Then the time may come when our parents' strength weakens, illnesses are overwhelmed, and even their retirement is not enough for normal livelihoods, so we need to take care of them. This is now the law of parenting. A good parent-child relationship would assume that the child does not care about the care of her parent when the time comes, but the reality shows a great deal.

It is very difficult to get into the elderly care institutions, and for many it means that they are obliged to care for their elderly relatives so they either have to give up their job or have a skilled helper to care for the elderly parent. Each of these solutions has a cash expense. Other cultures work differently.

In China, it is also enacted that an adult child should not neglect her own parent. Even distance can not be the reason why the child does not deal with their own parents. In China this is taken very seriously. So much so that it is a money or prison sentence for the ungrateful child who does not deal with his elderly relatives. Respect for parents, thinking about them is part of their culture and life, which is completely natural and self-evident.

In Japan they also esteem the elderly, give respect for the elderly, since they are the ones who have already put something down on their table for their own society. The third Monday in September each year is the day when elderly people are particularly attentive. Freedom paid on this day is for a worker who wants to surprise and love his own old family member. The elderly and their family members can take part in programs in this day and can spend valuable time together. It is not right to assume that attention is only passed on this day to the elderly. In Japanese culture, the elderly parents give a lot, respect and appreciation of them, and accordingly provide for them until their death.

Just as China and Japan are honored to care for the elderly, the same applies in Korea. Time is over the head of a man, and if he is not a family caretaker due to his weakened physics, the word of old family members is counted. When an elderly parent reaches a round anniversary, they try to celebrate it worthily.

Old age in many cultures is not a symbol of passing away, nor does anyone treat it as a negative, which is completely natural. Older people are esteemed because they are wise, smart, have seen and experienced a lot to help the younger ones. In the Mediterranean cultures, elderly people are valued and appreciated.

In the case of the French, it was necessary for the population to force the population to take care of their parents, because the number of suicides in elderly homes was very high. Under the law, every child should keep in touch with their parents.

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(Source: marmalade.co.hu | images: pixabay.com)