Raising children to prevent old age is like saving grain to prevent hunger.
Raising children for old age is a concept left over from the olden days. It means that a person has to raise a son, and when he or she is old, the son will provide for and take care of him or her. In the past, the son, the old man for its labor to get married, usually married in their own homes, usually is not go much farther, and wait until the parents are old, can carry water to open firewood, can cook and the old man a up to eat, a up to room and board to take care of the old man. With the emergence of the only child and the development of society, this traditional concept has been broken. After family planning, the vast majority of the only child, if only a girl, is not the old man will not live, have a son, can certainly prevent old age?
After the introduction of family planning, many families have only one daughter. The idea of the past has more or less changed, girls are also very capable, girls are more considerate of their parents, girls also have the right to inheritance, rural areas, if the field is occupied, the girl can also be compensated. Since they are the only child, after getting married, the only child has to take care of the man's parents as well as the woman's parents, living with the man's parents some of the time and living with the woman some of the time. So preventing old age and taking care of the elderly is not only the son's business, but also the daughter's business, both children have the obligation to take care of their parents.
With a son can really get the son's provision and care? Now the only child after the family, one is trying to purchase a house son, housing prices are very high, the purchase of a house may be several years of savings, even if it is a mortgage, every year and every month to pay back the purchase price. The car out of the tool, but also to purchase a car, a car to more than 100,000 to 200,000, plus children's schooling, the liberalization of family planning policy, basically the birth of two children. Children's school fees, loan fees utility bills like that have to money, if you add both parents, plus social competition, prices rise from time to time, the son will be tired enough, very little to draw out the money and time and energy to provide for and take care of the elderly.
With a son, you don't necessarily have to live with your parents. After the son gets married, he may buy a house in the city, and the parents may not be able to afford the house and land in the countryside and still live in the countryside. After joining the work, the son may work in the provinces, or work in big cities, far away from home, even if the return may be ten days and a half months, the son has the son of the world, as long as often home to see is the best. The son also has a son and family, it is difficult to find the time and energy to take care of parents, it is not the son's unfilial, work life reasons, the pressure is greater than in the past.
As a parent, you have to prepare for your old age when you are young. You can save some money, buy some insurance, buy medical mutual funds, pension insurance. The elderly should also develop their own interests and hobbies, such as fishing, reading books, square dancing, bicycles, have their own life, old age, old age. As a society should provide and sound place for the elderly to live life.