‘She was always a selfish and neglectful parent’: Retired 63-year-old mom expects her 30-year-old daughter to become her full-time caretaker in old age, but daughter refuses

A neglectful parent eventually reaps what they sow once they're the person who needs support. They cannot fathom the concept of their neglect affecting their children, even if their children directly explain how their lack of parental support has negatively impacted them. The story below is a prime example of why parents should always support, respect, and be there for their children, not only because they are supposed to, but also because they might need that same energy somewhere down the line.

When this young retiree-turned irresponsible elder mother starts thinking about getting hip surgery, she tells her 30-year-old daughter that she should gear up for being her caretaker moving forward. The daughter highlights the fact that her mother is irresponsible in nature and never really had a grasp on how to be a parent or support herself, either. At what point do we hold our elders accountable for their wrongdoings and misgivings? In this story's case, a parent refusing to parent seems as good a reason as any for a child's refusal to take care of them…

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