Life can be really interesting sometimes. It puts us in a position when we are not sure what is the best choice to make, as all the options seem good. When it comes to our parents, nothing is too much for them as long as we can afford it and on the part of a good parents, they won’t mind if we can do only so little for them. As a good child, you owe so much to your parents (this is the feeling you get even without your parents asking so much from you). And I believe this is what keeps everything balanced.
> According to the realtalk prompt for this week, we are asked to talk about **Do We Owe Our Parents Everything, or Just Gratitude?**
In a case when a child feels so indebted to his or her parents that is hard for them to even think of their own self, I feel that is a bit unfair. As parents, it is their duty to take good care of their child and make sure they live a good life. And as children, it only feels right to grow up and want to make sure our parents are well taken care of at their old age. So, as long as parents play their role very well, a child will naturally grow to know his or role towards them but if there is any slight doubt of a parent(s) not doing their jobs properly, that might as well affect that of the child’s.
**We owe our parents everything that they need and we can afford**. The moment a mother or father wants their child to afford them all the luxury of this life even when they see that child is struggling, it only means those parents are not good parents. I have seen so many cases when a mother asks her daughter to sleep with rich men to get money so they won’t be hungry. The mother was only being selfish and thoughtless. She knows that was still her job to provide but she wanted to take the quick route. If that child grows up in the future, she might struggle to want to do anything for such a parent. But a good child will just be grateful and still help such a parent if they can.
Like I mentioned when I started, a good parents job is to train up their child in a good way that when he or she grows old, they will always tend to remember the good works of their parents and want to reciprocate that love back. And a good child will always know when to be there for his or her parents and will be more than just grateful but also make sure his or her parents are living well. But I won’t undermine the fact that some parents don’t even deserve gratitude because they were just bad parents. I know of a father who sleeps with his girl child almost everyday in the presence of his wife and nothing was done. We shouldn’t disregard the fact that we have really bad parents because a good parent will never even be interested in what the child gives back to them. Just being a good person in the society is more than enough way to say thank you to them.
Every good parents will mostly just want to see their children doing well. They want that child to bring them good name. You can only understand this when you meet parents that have a child that only knows how to constitute nuisance to the society. Then you will understand what brings good parents more joy. If what gives a parent more joy is seeing their child spend extravagantly on them, for me that is not the quality of a good parent because that child might go as far to do anything just to make sure he provides that so his parents can be happy. But a child who has brought good name to his parents and is successful can also make sure his parents are not lacking and that will mean double joy for such parents.
Thank you for reading through. ❤️
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