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Dear Nina please could you give some more information about who is involved and what the issues are? This is anonymous, no-one will guess who you and your family are, so there is nothing to lose in explaining. I think you are asking if a single mother has a responsibility to her own mother, but it isn’t clear. Many of us would think that there is a responsibility to make sure that mother is safe and has necessary care if she will accept it, but not necessarily to provide any care personally, or to put up with being badly treated. I hope you can post again, Margaret
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If you are the single mother/daughter, that’s for you to determine. Roles within a family are unique. We need more info on your specific issues. What’s going on?
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Now I thought there would never come too big a question for me to tackle, but this one would take a lifetime.
Can you narrow it down to a question about your current situation?
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Yes, more info would be helpful.

If you have a child under 18, then I would say your not much over 40 and parents are maybe in their 60s. Which is young to have any major health problems. But it happens.

We find that Culture has a lot to do with what the parents feel a childs responsibility is to them. I hate "well they took care of you". Yes they did, but they chose to have children and in doing that, they chose to sacrifice. You raise children and you let them go. I hate the word "owe". Once we are adults our parents "owe" us nothing. We also don't "owe" them anything. What we do for them is because they are our parents and we love them and want to do. But that "doing" does not include in giving up our lives to care for them. I would never give up a job I needed to support myself to care for a parent. My future is important too. What we "owe" is that our parents are safe, cared for, fed, warm and clothed. If we can't do it ourselves, for whatever reason, then we find the resources to help.

As a single parent I will assume you work. Your first priority is to your child. The child's needs come first. If you work, then you have little free time so can't be at parents beck and call. So you set boundries. You find resources to help them. Transportation, use Senior bussing. Parents need to realize that you have a life and can not "do it all". So, they need to take advantage of what is out there. Their County Office of Aging is a good place to start.

But as said, more info would help us give better answers. Age of parents, do you live together.
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