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Why Do Parents Prefer to Live with Their Children When They Get Old?

The Unspoken Expectations of Aging Parents

“Standing at the top, many people admire you; falling to the bottom, many people despise you; benefiting from something, many people follow you; losing everything, many people abandon you.”

People need sincerity from each other. When you can’t provide benefits to others, they will abandon you.

We often think that parents are the closest people to us, but sometimes you will discover that parents also have a realistic side, they just won’t use their realism to hurt their children.

When a person grows old, many old people are willing to live with their children, and sometimes you may simply think that old people live with their children just to chat with them, but the old people have their own thoughts.

After all, in this world, everyone has their own helplessness, so people shouldn’t use their own values to measure others’ lives.

Sometimes old people are also helpless, who doesn’t want to live a good life?

No Other Place to Go Besides Children

“Parental love is a natural, innate love, like heaven’s rain, pouring down and unstoppable. This is the greatest, most ancient, most original, and most beautiful power that sustains life, which is the love of parents towards us.”

We always care about our children, but we never think about our parents. One generation after another, the world is constantly revolving, and everyone likes their own children.

When we were young, we thought our parents could give us everything we wanted. When we wanted new clothes, our parents would give them to us. When we wanted good food, our parents would think of us first.

However, when our parents grow old, you will discover that if we have new clothes, we will think of our children first, and if we have good food, we will also think of our children.

I remember when I was young and went to my grandma’s house to play. One time, my grandpa said to me:

“I don’t want to live with my children, but besides my children, I have no other place to go. If I had a place to go, I would definitely not choose my children.”

Actually, sometimes people live with their children because they have no other choice, and no one else will accept us.

Maybe living with children will have many conflicts, but besides children, there is no one else who can let us live with them.

We raised our children, and it’s only natural that we live with them, but living in someone else’s house is not that free.

Life is full of helplessness, so smart people will take care of their parents, give them the best, and only then can parents live a more secure and peaceful life.

Feeling Happy with Children Around

“A family is complete, and we can enjoy the happiness of family!”

Being around children can sometimes make us feel happy. Everyone hopes to have a happy and harmonious family, and people work hard their whole lives to achieve this.

Some time ago, a journalist interviewed an old man and asked why he was willing to live with his children?

The old man said that he wanted to stay with his children because he had a happy family, and his son and daughter were very filial. His grandchildren were also very filial, so living together felt happy and relaxed.

A happy family is hard to come by, and if a family is happy, the parents will like living at home. If a family is not happy, even if the parents live at home, they won’t feel happy.

Having a good family atmosphere is a rare thing.

Some old people are not well-treated by their children because they didn’t educate their children well when they were young. When they grow old, they will feel lonely and unhappy.

Smart people will educate their children well when they are young, and when their children grow up, they will think of their parents first.

However, some parents haven’t thought of this and only want their children to be successful and have a good life, but they never thought of letting their children be filial to them. When the children grow up, it’s too late to educate them.

In this world, there are few parents who abandon their children, but many parents who abandon their old parents.

Some time ago, a journalist filmed a video showing many parents waiting for their children outside a kindergarten, but outside a nursing home, there was no one.

Both places are where people live, but one is bustling, and the other is desolate.

In life, we should learn to respect our parents and educate our children to respect us, so we can have a happy life.

Old People Need Their Children’s Care

When old people grow old, their bodies will become inconvenient, and they will need their children’s care.

There is an ancient poem: “The old have someone to rely on, and the young have someone to nurture.”

When a person grows old, they need someone to rely on, and only then can they live a good life.

Old people, when they reach a certain age, their bodies will deteriorate, and living with their children is more convenient.

I still remember that a famous female writer, Zhang Ailing, died alone in a small room in a foreign country, and it took several days for someone to discover her body.

Imagine that when people reach a certain age, their bodies will deteriorate, and they might suddenly leave this world or fall ill, and they will need someone to take care of them.

If there is no one around, they won’t be able to get timely rescue.

After some time, my grandma and parents lived separately, and one time, my grandma suddenly moved into our house.

When I lived with my grandma, she said:

“I’m afraid that one day I’ll leave suddenly, and there will be no one around, or I’ll get sick and need someone to take care of me, so I want to come back.”

Old people will have this concern, and sometimes they don’t want to live with their children, but they have no choice, because they have many things that need their children’s help.

Old people, when they reach a certain age, will think a lot, such as suddenly leaving this world or suddenly falling ill, so they will find a way to secure their future.

Sometimes living with children may not be convenient, but it can give them a sense of security.

Why do old people prefer to live with their children? Actually, sometimes old people have their own purposes, and only when children show filial piety to their parents will the old people truly be willing to live with their children.

Old people can be very realistic, but this realism is precisely because their children didn’t behave well, so the old people will have this realistic state.