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| Yes | 77% | 791 votes | Total: 1021 votes | |
| No | 23% | 230 votes |
Yes
Created on: October 29, 2009
"Conduct based on moral or legal obligation, or a sense of propriety" is one of Webster's definitions
Created on: June 25, 2011 Last Updated: January 15, 2012
It is the duty of every right-thinking son and daughter to tend to the needs of their elderly parents
by Ngozi Nwoke
Created on: March 15, 2010 Last Updated: March 16, 2010
Supporting my elderly parents financially when the need arises is indeed my duty. It should actually
by Marella
Created on: September 05, 2009
All parents have that responsibility and obligation to support and provide for their children. We cannot
Created on: September 25, 2009 Last Updated: September 21, 2011
It is absolutely our duty to support our elderly parents in any way that they require support. After
by Paul Cleaver
Created on: March 13, 2010 Last Updated: March 14, 2010
We often tend to bandy about the word duty as if we understand its meaning. For those of us that have
by Mac a'Bhaird
Created on: February 14, 2009 Last Updated: February 18, 2009
Believe it or not, I have re-written this one three times. First I started to have some fun and to write
Created on: January 22, 2011
Is it a child’s duty to support his or her elderly parents financially? The answer to this question
by Pat Lunsford
Created on: February 10, 2008 Last Updated: January 28, 2010
There comes a time in all families when elderly parents reach a point where they need the help of their
by Kim Sharpe
Created on: February 09, 2008 Last Updated: November 26, 2011
Yes, of course you should lend aid to your parents whenever they might need it. They supported you their
by Lauren W
Created on: May 04, 2010
Giving birth to a child does not necessarily send that child to a future duty of financially supporting
Created on: January 17, 2009
Is it your duty to support your elderly parents financially when the need arises? Most elderly parents
Created on: May 13, 2009 Last Updated: April 26, 2010
The question; "Is it your duty to support your elderly parents financially when the need arises?" The
Created on: June 04, 2009 Last Updated: June 05, 2009
Legally children have no duty to take care of their elderly parents, but morally, children do and should
by Saba Huda
Created on: December 01, 2009 Last Updated: December 02, 2009
I would not say that it is a duty for children, but instead it's a way of support the you show to your
Created on: January 10, 2010 Last Updated: February 27, 2010
"One hand washes the other " is a Jamaican proverb that describes one's ability to help the
by BJ Haring
Created on: February 08, 2008 Last Updated: January 16, 2011
Yes, it's called the circle of life and when the time comes that we are elderly and finances are not
Created on: August 25, 2009 Last Updated: August 26, 2009
IS IT YOUR DUTY TO SUPPORT YOUR ELDERLY PARENTS FINANCIALLY,IF THE NEED ARISES?
When I looked at the
by Arrey Echi
Created on: June 05, 2010
‘Honor your father and mother’ is a well known phrase. We hear it almost every day and in
Created on: November 24, 2008
I cannot imagine anyone who had the means to do so, who would not help their parents financially when
No
by Carol Gioia
Created on: February 10, 2008 Last Updated: December 02, 2011
While you have no legal obligation to assist elderly parents with financial issues or any other
Created on: April 19, 2008
No-one should consider they have a duty to support their parents financially, and no parents should
Created on: October 29, 2009 Last Updated: October 30, 2009
It is not your duty to support your elderly parents financially when the need arises, and I say this
by Karen Witter
Created on: June 26, 2009
Duty may bind people to do many things but financially supporting your elderly parents is not one of
Created on: November 08, 2009 Last Updated: November 09, 2009
Just as parents have a duty to take care of their children, I do believe that us children have some
Created on: March 15, 2010 Last Updated: March 17, 2010
Where family is concerned there is no duty. We should never be told or be made to feel that there is.
by S. Bates
Created on: October 27, 2009
I do not consider it a duty or obligation to help my parents financially. I know if I needed "help",
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