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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The milennials are the first generation where it was more the norm to be caring hands on parents. You are asking generation X and Boomers to take in and care for parents who were legally allowed to beat them. Many parents were hands off allowing their kids to face all sorts of dangerous situations and even within the family when things like molestation and sexual abuse came up the victim was blamed. What is this BS about returning the favor to elders when things like physical abuse, verbal abuse and emotional abuse were considered within the normal range? Oh and many of us were lucky to be dumped with strangers during childhood as opposed to just being left alone in what would today be considered neglect.[/quote]

Also, you are asking them to this while raising their own kids-often teenagers and managing work and their own life stressors which can include illness. I know people from these cultures where that are romanticized for taking in elders. The elders are major contributors to the family system-often providing childcare, cooking, etc until no longer able. In cases where the elders are more selfish and were abusive it creates chaos and turmoil in the family when they are taken in.[/quote]

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