Yang Er Fan Liao will not work in the current or future modern world IMHO: Housing: 1) Youngster wants to build a home away from parents 2) No one can guaranteed that In-Laws can live under the root harmonously 3) Youngster wants to venture out. Hence, even staying out with a friend in a rented flat seems better than staying in a home that he/she did for the past 20 odd years of their life Allowance: 1) Youngsters prefer to spend money on themselves for their self-enrichment/ child enrichment etc. 2) Youngster keep complaining that they do not earn enough 3) Youngster had other needs as well. They prefer to spend money outside (e.g. on food, entertainment etc) rather than to spend nothing at home accompanying their parents and this typically becomes a reason why allowance to parents become hard. Time: 1) Youngster complained that 24 hours isnt enough for them to live their dreams 2)If there is time, they prefer to have it with their friends who they never meet for a long time and there will be at least 5 such groups by the time they reach 25 3) They want to live a meaningful life. This means more time for them but less time for parents I am not going to say that youngsters are in the wrong - after all, we all live in very different times from our parents. Things are very different in term of values, morals etc that no one is right or not - just that time is changing. Maybe for the good, maybe for the worst. I honestly do not look at raising my kid so that she will accompany me either. After all, I am not the life partner she will be looking for. I am just a visitor on the current stage in her life. I probably wont get a single cent from her for allowance(probably dont want to burden her) but I am hoping she will pay for her housing, marriage, children by herself like her old man is doing. My future retirement is my own problem, let me handle it. You, on the other hand, handle your life. I will be there for you when you need me but there is always a limit to what I can do for you. Nevertheless, I think it is impossible to expect the next generation to take care of us. If it happens, good. If it doesnt, really too bad, your sad story touches my heart but remember - we are not the life partner of our children but a visitor to a certain stage of their life.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:41:47 +0000
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