As the family is the dominant retirement model in Chinese society, how should we understand the concept of "raising children for old age"?

Human beings raise children, of course, out of nature, in order to reproduce, but human beings are after all very different from animals. As long as the animals are strong, they will have to leave their homes and never come back. Human beings are the opposite, parents old and sick, even if thousands of miles away, but also to rush back to take care of their parents to the best of their ability. The so-called sad parents, I was born for the price, even as a reward, but also in the case of parents old and weak, loss of the ability to live, the bird to feed, scrupulously filial piety. This is? Raising children to prevent old age? The most basic meaning of it.

About a thousand years ago, Chen Yuanliang of the Song Dynasty put forward the idea of "raising children against old age" and "saving grain against old age". The first is to raise children to prevent old age, and to save grain to prevent hunger. Since then, it has been a common practice to raise children to prevent old age. The idea of raising children to prevent old age has been y rooted in the minds of the people. Raising children to prevent old age? , is a traditional concept and way of life of the Chinese people. In our country, a big family lives together happily. When children are young and cannot take care of themselves, it is only natural for them to live with their parents. It is also natural for parents to live with their children when they are old and have no financial resources or are physically weak and need help from others.

Even if the son has a son, the grandchildren or even four generations of the same family, still live together is very normal. Children have grown into adults, parents have to be concerned; children have passed the face of the year, parents have to give living expenses; children have been parents, parents have to take care of their children, take care of their children's children? Not for anything else, just because how many years of parents are so. They do this, in addition to the greatness of parenthood, selflessness, in fact, there is the hope that someone to their own old age to send the end of the subconscious good wishes exist.

Raising children to prevent old age is a traditional concept that the Chinese people have imbibed. Since ancient times? The word "filial piety" comes first. The word "filial piety" comes first, and those who are not filial piety are in treason. This tradition is not literally interpreted so utilitarian, is a reasonable return, because there is no parents, there is no child, which is the return of life. But parenting is thicker, tougher, and longer, and many people grow up and become parents to their children, only to realize that their parents once paid.