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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So are people supposed to have children in the hopes of having someone 'check up' on them when they're 85? It makes more sense to remain childless and use all that money that one saved and put it towards a nursing home or hospice should the time come. Unless you're Asian, expecting your children to be at your beck and call when they're thousands of miles away is naive. It's also unfair to burden adult children with eldercare when they didnt ask to be born. [/quote]
Having some stranger care for your needs is not the same as having family checking up on you.  From a purely physical needs perspective, sure, a paid care giver can do that.  But there you would not have anyone who really cares about you without family.  And for those who say, "I have nieces/nephews".. imagine if we all decided not to have any kids thinking my sibling's child will care about me, but then no one ended up having kids.

My DH and I both live far away from our parents, but when they need some help -- surgery, serious illness, one of us flies out. We both also have more than one sibling to share the burden.

This was one of the reasons I wanted a second  -- I didn't want an only child to bear the entire burden of having to deal with aging parents and all the stress that comes with it and feeling alone.[/quote]

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