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What do you think of the traditional concept of "old age problems need to be borne by the son of the family"?

Nowadays, society is slowly aging, and there are many problems that come with it. The main reason why we human beings have to procreate is that we want to rely on our children to support us in our old age, or else we will have to be alone in the future. After we reach middle age, our own parents naturally become old, and we bear a great responsibility because we have to take care of our own parents in the following days. In the traditional concept, it is believed that the old age of the family are required to son to bear the problem, in fact, in my opinion, this is not appropriate, the daughter should also bear the corresponding responsibility. Let me tell you more about my point of view.

One of the traditional concepts

I'd like to tell you why this problem has arisen. In the old days, many people had patriarchal attitudes and families looked forward to having a big fat boy. I have heard of a case in which a family that had seven girls one after another still insisted on continuing to have children and wanted a boy, so you can see how important a boy is to a family. In the event of a parent's death, property is left to the boy, so naturally it is assumed that the son should take care of old age.

Two, daughters are also heirlooms

We know that daughters are actually quite good, and that boys can't be born without the presence of girls. I suggest that parents should leave some of their property to their daughters when they die, and then the daughters should know how to support their own parentage, and such behavior should be promoted. If the son is the one to take care of all the problems of his parentage, it does seem a bit stressful and needs to be taken care of by the children **** together.

I hope my answer is helpful to you! Any other peeps have any thoughts on this?