Good morning everyone,
It's yet another day for a wonderful prompt from Hivelearners.
Everyone has got a role to play to ensure the smooth transition of activities here on earth and the basic unit of the world as a whole is the family.
I remember vividly when we were in primary school offering the subject Social Studies and a topic, Family will always be taught and there, we always reminisced over and over again what the functions of everyone in the family was....
The dad with the core duties of provision and securing the lives and properties of his family even when he isn't a security man, lol.
The mum with the core duty of cooking food and ensuring the morals of the children are in order.
The children with the core functions of doing many house chores and taking care of their parents at old age.
Now the question of if it's proper for the children to take care of their parents when they get old regardless of their financial capabilities comes to light?
My unwavering answer is that you not just should but MUST take care of them.
There's nothing wrong with reciprocating the care you've received all your formative years... We're talking about your parents who took care of you from the foetus stage down to training you and making a great sacrifice getting you to the stage where you are now?
I honestly see it as something you should even do without been told.
One of my lecturers told us his parents have been on 15% of his salary ever since he started recieving salaries till this point...
That's it! No parent is expecting you to give him or her the latest Prada in town or the Samsung yet to be produced... They just need that basic care; show them that affection, make them know you appreciate their sacrifices and that's all.
Do you know some parents let go of their dreams just to make sure their children succeeds?
Now you're contemplating if you should reciprocate the care, let me ask you,
If you don't care for them, Who will do it for you?
What are you doing in preparation for your own old age?
At this stage, my parents are still taking care of me, lol, but, I believe having the mindset of wanting to take care of my parents not even in their old age but once I find my footing on Earth is already something very nice... It all starts from the mind anyway.
For the time been, I'll be imitating my lecturer to also place my parents on some percentage of my salary when I start receiving one.
Although, I've got other plans on how to take care of them...
If life goes as plan, I would love to build a tenant house where my parents would be collecting the rents and taking care of their needs; it won't be easy doing that but it's what I'm focused on doing and I know it's doable, by the way "if plans aren't scary, they're not good enough", they say, hehe.
Our Parents will always play a great role in whatever and whoever we become in life even to their own detriment because they love us, there's nothing, absolutely nothing argumentative about whether you should reciprocate that care or not.
Thanks for reading and have a nice day