blog 7

In Jane English’s reading about What do-grown children owe their parents her main argument is that when children get older they in fact do not owe anything to their parents whatsoever. Instead her main argument is that the duties of grown children to their parents result from the love, affection and friendship that are made between them. Where these feelings are missing so too can be said about the duties for their parents. Going off of what English stated in the reading I would agree with most of her points. I think that it is more important for a child to develop a sense of love and affection towards their parents rather than eventually having to pay back or “owe” them something later on in life. The point that I found to be particularly interesting was in the opening part of the story of how a child did not ask to be born into this world. I think people want to be rewarded for what they have provided for their child. But I do not think that this is necessary at all for the reason that the parents created the child. The parent’s job is to provide the basic necessities for living a healthy life. Similar to what Jane English said I think that it is the parents who “owe” love and affection to their children when raising them.