Friday, 13 February 2009

Parents' rights

"The fruits of the tree of existence are trustworthiness, loyalty, truthfulness and purity. After the recognition of the oneness of the Lord, exalted be He, the most important of all duties is to have due regard for the rights of one's parents."
Baha'i Writings

Interesting, that the duty to one's parents is so high on the agenda. After all, if I do a search on internet, as expected, I can find a lot of information about parenting:

www.parentsforum.org/

http://www.bahaiparent.com/

But it's hard to find something about how to take care of parents... Maybe that's why it's one of the priorities. Parents naturally care for their children, since they made a conscience decision to raise the child. Children, being immersed in the parental love from the start, take it for granted. So there is a stage when the child has to realise that he may have duties too!

I think that currently, this issue is very dependent on culture, and the condition of the parents. In some countries, children might take care of parents in their old age. In other countries, children give 1/3 of their salaries to their parents, as soon as they start working.

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