Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 17 days agoDon’t assume your child will be your caregiver as you age, expert warnswww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down10
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkDon’t assume your child will be your caregiver as you age, expert warnswww.ctvnews.caSunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareCommanderCloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up20·17 days agoI think that’s pretty irrelevant, I personally don’t have enough time in the day to take care of anyone else
minus-squareFeydaikin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up18·17 days agoFew people have. At the end of the day responsibility for another person only really falls on whoever chose it. Like, if you chose to have kids, you’re responsible for them. But kids never chose their parents, thus they aren’t responsible for them.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·16 days agoThis. Kids have jobs living pay cheque to pay cheque, they won’t have time for elder care
I think that’s pretty irrelevant, I personally don’t have enough time in the day to take care of anyone else
Few people have.
At the end of the day responsibility for another person only really falls on whoever chose it. Like, if you chose to have kids, you’re responsible for them. But kids never chose their parents, thus they aren’t responsible for them.
This. Kids have jobs living pay cheque to pay cheque, they won’t have time for elder care