Some believe that younger family members should be legally responsible for supporting older family members when they become physically, mentally and financially unable to look after themselves. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Some today believe that the children should be held legally responsible for the support and
care
of
parents
when they are physically, mentally and financially unable to take
care
of themselves.
Although
young family
members
are legally obligated to be responsible for the
care
of their
parents
, I strongly agree that they should be legally responsible to do so.
First
and foremost, from an ethical point of view, it's certainly the responsibility of a child to look after their
parents
when they are not able to look after themselves physically, mentally and financially.
This
is because mothers and fathers have invested a lot of their effort and hard-earned money to ensure their children grew up successful and happy.
Therefore
, when the inevitable time comes and older family
members
are no longer able to take of themselves, it's the child's turn to give the attention they've received when they were young.
For instance
, in South Korea, children are expected to
care
for their mothers and fathers financially and physically once they become adults.
As a result
,
this
ideology shouldn'
t
be done for moral and ethical reasons but as a legal requirement.
Thus
,
such
a belief should be made a legal requirement for younger family
members
to look after older family
members
.
Secondly
, once
parents
become no longer able to sustain themselves due to physical, mental and financial instability, they won'
t
have the ability to survive. Without assistance from their family
members
, it's a sad, lonely and painful battle that has a disastrous result. As an example, it's a legal obligation for moms and dads to ensure their offspring aren'
t
starved to death since newborns aren'
t
physically, mentally and financially stable.
Accordingly
, when older family
members
grow too old and are no longer able to survive, it should be a legal responsibility of the offspring to do the same.
Hence
, younger family
members
should be made legal carers and hold full responsibility for supporting their
parents
. In conclusion,
although
most family
members
are responsible for looking after their
parents
are solely for moral and ethical reasons, I strongly agree that doing so should be made a legal requirement.
Submitted by arnold.1996 on

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • filial piety
  • elder care
  • aging population
  • public resources
  • state welfare
  • financial burden
  • legal mandate
  • family dynamics
  • moral responsibility
  • residency
  • integrity
  • dependency
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