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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many years ago when my dad took over all care for his mom and his sisters  could not be bothered, my mom said “one  mother can take care of 3 children but  3 children cannot take care of one mother”.

I thank goddess every day my parents died before dementia issues arose.  They died less than a year apart. [/quote]

I think it's because caring for children is for the future (you see growth and development) and you can handle them both mentally (they listen and obey orders) and physically (changing a diaper on an infant is easy and bathing them). With elders none of this holds. The fact that some elders linger for decades "thanks" to our advanced medical care puts many adult kids in impossible situations. [/quote]

How many of you are pro life and are just tossing away your care for your elderly parents? And I don’t mean putting them in memory care. I mean the absolute contempt and resentment of caring for YOUR PARENTS.

Remember you reap what you sow. [/quote]

Your generation didn’t actually parent. You just provided shelter and food.  We are doing the same [/quote]

DP - I feel this so hard.  That my mother, who provided minimal emotional support and comfort during my tough adolescent years, now wants me to ignore my own kids to comfort her, is bitter irony.  So maybe that whole "you reap what you sow" thing cuts both ways.[/quote]

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