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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do we owe our parents when they get older? Does it depend on what they did for us as kids? Their own needs? Financially, emotionally, logistical support? Do we owe them to have them live in our home, when they need care? Does the decision depend on how much they were willing to do for their own parents? I am asking myself those questions - and don’t have the answers?[/quote]

[b]I will just remind those of you with children, that they are watching and learning how to treat their elders from you.  And one day, they will be walking in the shoes you are walking i[/b]n.

That being said, you don't owe your parents anything.  You do for them because you want to, with love, not because you are obliged to.[/quote]

+1
this exactly
one of the things I am continued to be surprised about in raising my children is how much they absorb and internalize by just watching my and my husband's actions[/quote]

Agree. And sometimes that means teaching your children that they have a right to sever relationships with those who hurt them.

I don’t think people with good relationships with stable parents ask what their obligations are; it’s those with a tumultuous history with their parents that typically struggle with these questions. [/quote]

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