Why do all Christians send there old parents in OLD AGE homes !:pcg:
I have seen it my self !!
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because they dont like thier parents being Christians 
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Muslims do that too nowadays. Athiests too, oh and Hindus and Jews and Buddhists........
A gross generalization. You might want to re-think your comment because ALL Christians do not send their parents to nursing/retirement homes.
A gross generalization. You might want to re-think your comment because ALL Christians do not send their parents to nursing/retirement homes.
More than that, they dont send their parents because they dont respect them, in fact its the other way around. They respect the diginity and independence of their parents and know that its good for their parents self esteem to have the freedom that they can only achieve if they are living by themselves.
Its not the kids, but the parents also dont want to live with their kids.
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Wow, i didn’t know that you knew all the Christians in the world! 
I’ve said this before and i will say it again:
As a child, i would want to look after my parents in their old age, BUT
As a parent, i would not want to be a burden on my children, so i would rather be in a retirement home with my fellow oldies zimmerframe wali smiley
I work with two ladies with aging parents and this is what they are doing:
Lady A
Her mum is 80+ years old and has in the last three years first broken her left arm/shoulder and now the right shoulder. The mum refuses to move in with her daughter and her family. She is adamant that she maintain her own home and independence. The daughter comes by her mum's place at least 5 times a week. She does her groceries, takes her to all of her appointments, takes the trash out, cooks for her - all because the mum would rather live on her own. BTW, the daughter lives about 15 minutes away by car.
Lady B
She has taken an extended leave of absence from work because her mum is terminally ill. She's given up her career and the financial security to care for her mum. If you look at her - she was a size 2 to start with and now she's a size 0.
Point being, these Christian/Catholic women have done everything in their power to make their parent's life more comfortable and fulfilling. No one can make a broad sweeping statement about the motivation of an individual on how they're caring for their parents. Sure, the comment about parents living in retirement homes may apply to some people, but those people include the ever pious and holier than thou Muslims as well.
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My Mami's cousin in Karachi had to deal with the acute public embarrassment of his own father insisting on living in an Old People's home run by the Edhi foundation rather than with his son.
The father had temporarily moved into the home while recovering from a medical condition because his son couldn't afford the live-in nurse required. After the father recovered, he refused to leave the Old People's home, saying that he didn't want to burden his son.
The son was hideously embarassed. He knew that people would think he put his father there; and to make it worse Edhi Foundation refused to say how much it was costing them to keep his father, telling him that this wasn't a hotel or a business. They said that they could only accept a general donation rather than payment for keeping his father.
The son ended up making regular, generous donations to Edhi for the rest of his father's life.
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Targeting one religion is not right . Its just a social norm in few societies of the world . Thats it .
I totally have the same mind set.
Maybe Niksik and I can be Maroush and Mr.'s neighbor in teh same retirment home, though I know that considering her age, she is moving there before us .. 
wow, such mentality went extreme and make suicider’s
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Clad. This is a westerner trait, not christian.
Not all westerners are christian. Most are athiests, agnostics etc. Muslims raised in the west display this trait too.
Not all christians are westerners. Christians in the east take just as much care of their parents like the rest of eastern folks do.
Please clear your head of these confusions and prejudices first.
Targeting one religion is not right . Its just a social norm in few societies of the world . Thats it .
Right!
and answer is just like parents do:D while they had children and for their sack they needed to have a job and keeping their kids in care of baby care now kids are grownups and they need to keep parents in BABA Care hisab braber:D
Han Pakistani and Indian families main chacha chachi, dada dadai ya nanai yeh khidmat anjam daiti hain tu patta nahi chalta ke parents ne aulad ki khatir kitna waqat on se door guzara:)
Muslims do that too nowadays. Athiests too, oh and Hindus and Jews and Buddhists........
What else can we expect from a Canadian Anjem Choudhary like you...
Its a cultural thing, where grown up adult children dont live with their parents, parents live in separate homes....it has nothing to do with religion......how many christians in pakistan send their parents in old age homes???
As far as Hindus and Buddhists are concerned, please do not comment as if you have read any Hindu or Buddhist text,
Hindu religion has laid down 4 phases (called as ashrams) in a persons life
1. Brahmcharya: student life
2. Grihasta: houshold life
3. Vanaprastha: retired life
4. Sanyasa: Renounced life
Strict hindus leave their homes in 4th phase of their life, they become detached from the wordly affairs and spend most of their time praying to God.
Most of the time, they go and live on the banks of Ganges.
Buddhist also follow similar way.
please dont embarass rest of the muslims by your intelligent comments.
^ i think you didnt understand cricketplaya's post,
from what i read, i think he is just saying that it is not religion bound.
if i am not wrong.
So long as you don’t steal my pudding and prune juice…actually, you’ll get Niks to do the stealing for you…she’s younger, her hadiyaaN will be in better shape…but i think we could live together harmoniously…we’ll all watch Kishore fillums together and reminisce about the good ol’ days 
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I am not sharing my laxatives with anyone ... I am telling you right now.
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You keep your stash of laxatives...i have my prune juice; i'm all set.
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Clod....(yes this is an intentional mis-spelling)
In the west, the most cherished and developed of "desirable" personal traits is that of independence. People raise their children to be completely independent,self-assured and self-reliant. We raise our children to persue their dreams.
Theres really nothing that could ever convince me to ever impose myself on my children in my old age. I worked, I provided for myself with a 401K, I will have social security and NEVER EVER EVER would I ever live with my kids, ask them for money or askthem to take care of me.
I do not critisize when I hear of Pakistani parents demanding that their children take care of their every want and need. To me as a westerner, its an extremely selfish and demanding way of life...like hey lets have kids so that they can pay our way in old age. But different cultures have different aspirations and practices.
I for one respect that.