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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
The moral that I'm taking from this story is that I should have kids and treat them well because one day they'll be the thing that keeps me from freezing to death in my house.
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Kind of a digression from the thread or even your point, but it seems like out culture has gotten away from the idea that it's the obligation of children to care for their parents. It seems like it's kind of acceptable to strip your parents assets if it means that you can then have state programs take care of them.
I suspect that we can all think of people we know who when their parents care level hit a certain point, they basically decided that the best call was to sell stuff off or transfer possession so the parent could then qualify for more state help.
I'm not saying it's completely typically, but I think it's at least as common as the examples we can think of in which a family took an elderly relative into their home and cared for the person until death.