Beijing – Visit your parents. That’s an order.
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So says China, whose national legislature on Friday amended its law on the elderly to require that adult children visit their aged parents “often” — or risk being sued by them.
The amendment does not specify how frequently such visits should occur.
State media say the new clause will allow elderly parents who feel neglected by their children to take them to court.
A rapidly developing China is facing increasing difficulty in caring for its aging population. Three decades of market reforms have accelerated the breakup of the traditional extended family in China, and there are few affordable alternatives, such as retirement or care homes, for the elderly or others unable to live on their own.
Their motives may be skewed but the legislation is a healthy one. If Mayor Bloomberg is searching for more enactments to ram down our throats for “our own good” ……..
Sad what communism did to these people – they used to feel a religious obligation to honor their elders, now the state replaced faith
Don’t laugh. We desperately need it in our community. How many grsnd children go only once or twice a year to bobby and zeide. (And that’s only to collect purim or chanuka gelt) shame on all of them.
The problem is compounded in China because there’s typically one child per every 2 parents.
China should be taking better care of its elderly. This is a very fishy kind of legislation.
#6 well said, good on you.
Why cant they take care of themsrlves they should be planning for their old age