Yes

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  by Renee Morgan

  Created on: April 17, 2009

  Yes, the burden of our elderly parents is ours. However, the real problem with elderly parent care is

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  by Mary Kelani

  Created on: July 16, 2010   Last Updated: March 30, 2011

  George Bernard Shaw once said “It is the highest creatures who take the longest to mature, and

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  by Denisa Howe

  Created on: February 22, 2010

  When it comes to the responsibility of elderly parents, it does in fact belong to the children. This

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  by Vanessa Howell

  Created on: April 19, 2010

  As children, we are definitely responsible for the care of our elderly parents. Children have a moral

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  by Ticia

  Created on: October 13, 2008   Last Updated: January 26, 2009

  The care and well being for elderly parents is most definitely the responsibility of their children.

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  by Vivienne Carlisle

  Created on: February 08, 2008

  In so many cultures and countries, taking care of one's elderly parents is a given. It has been built

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  by Bria Mac

  Created on: November 23, 2008   Last Updated: December 01, 2008

  Though I am a granddaughter, not a daughter - my mom and aunt are taking care of my grandparents (their

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  by Akhilesh Mittal

  Created on: March 04, 2009

  Children should take the responsibility to care for their elderly parents as should parents take care

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  by Melanie Halcomb

  Created on: December 29, 2008

  I live with my father who is 68-years-old, an amputee and legally blind. He cannot care for himself

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  by Charity Buntz

  Created on: October 10, 2008

  Absolutely. And I say this as a loving daughter and as a devoted parent. My parents have spent their

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  by C. S. P. Barnes

  Created on: August 12, 2008   Last Updated: September 05, 2008

  In many cultures, including my own, taking care of one's parents when they have become elderly is a

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  by Linda Burleson

  Created on: August 11, 2008   Last Updated: August 14, 2008

  The mere fact that this is a debate question demonstrates how family values have deteriorated in the

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  by Victoria Papstein

  Created on: September 04, 2008

  Only in today's world would a question such as this arise. The way I was personally raised is traditional

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  by Joe Kelly

  Created on: August 11, 2008   Last Updated: August 23, 2008

  I am in my early fifties and live with my mother who is now 87. Thankfully, she is still fit and active

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  by Kevin W Byrom

  Created on: August 11, 2008

  A woman I know grew up in a middle class family, and married a man who makes a good deal of money. They

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  by Cynthi

  Created on: August 12, 2008

  A hundred years ago it was a commonly accepted "truth" that parents brought children into the world,

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  by Michelle N. Broughton

  Created on: June 18, 2008

  She wore diapers, had no ability to feed herself and drooled incessantly. Yet, I felt compelled to lift

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  by Barbara Kasey Smith

  Created on: July 01, 2008

  When asked the question, is it the responsibility of children to care for their elderly parents? How