Americans don’t abandon their parents. They just choose to live independently as normal mature human beings. Most american parents WANT to be left alone and live peacefully in their own homes or retirment homes where they can finally relax. They love their freedom and independence. When kids live with them with their own spouses, that creates problems. Everyone wants to run their household differently.
And living in the same house as your parents doesn’t mean you are also taking care of them. I see so many people ignoring their parents, not taking them out often, leaving them in their rooms with their tv and newspaper. Just giving them food and medicine doesn’t mean you’re taking care of your parents. They need to have some entertainment too but we totally ignore that. The wife is usually busy with cooking, shopping or other chores. kids are too busy at school and videogames. Son doesn’t come home until eveing and then he just eats, watches tv and goes to sleep. Everyone is just too busy. Parents just stay in their rooms all day or go to the garden for a walk!
In retirement homes, they actaully have alot of activities and are surrounded by other people their own age who have time for them and they can actually relate to them.
Alot of my freinds grandparents live alone and love their independence and busy with their own activities.
This is totally a desi way of thnking that we have to live in the same house if we care for our parents. totally ridiculous and pointless.