Are parents responsible for their children?

Hi Hivers, it's Abeegail again, welcome to my blog. I want to talk about a tweet I saw on X and the comments where really intriguing because they were on two extremes. The comments under this post was either that children are ungrateful to their parents struggles or that it was indeed parents responsibility. This post might rub people of the wrong way but it's just my view.

My first thought was that it is absolutely parents responsibility to take care of the child at whatever cost they can. That's why I believe that adults should take a good moment to consider if they are really ready to have children. Parents do not understand how it affects kids that do not grow up in a stable environment; both financially, emotionally, physically, and mentally. Children aren't just gifts or something you use to prove your worth or if you are barren or impotent. When adults get married the first thing they can think of is getting children, they don't care of they care of they are capable enough.

Before you think of bringing a child into this world, I believe you have to be able provide the necessary things that child would need. If you are not stable enough to take care of another breathing, living human, I think it's unfair to bring another human to this world to suffer, because the child didn't ask to be here. And I'll overlook people who mistakenly have a child when they were not prepared. Mistake happens, but it is avoidable. The one that irks me is people who are not stable having dozens of children, when you can afford to take care of just one. This doesn't mean parents sacrifices are worthless or their efforts mean nothing, because some parents can decide to be irresponsible, but some aren't, they are breaking their backs for their kids, that is admirable, but it doesn't change the fact that that's what they are supposed to do.

I'm not ungrateful because I thank God every day for my parents and their input in my life, I see their struggle, and I know they're doing it for my future. Is it their responsibility? Yes, am I eternally grateful for their contributions? Absolutely. I'm just saying we should stop acting like parents demand our gratitude for something that they are supposed to do naturally, because GRATITUDE IS GIVEN, NOT DEMANDED.

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All images are mine, except the first one, it is a screenshot of the tweet.