When children get into their forties, the parents start getting older

When children get into their forties, the parents start getting older


When children get into their forties, the parents start getting older. This is the prime time for children to advance in their careers and make money. What should children do in such a case - focus on their career or care for old parents? What is your opinion? Give reasons.

It is a well calculated fact that when children get into their forties, the parents start getting older and also this is the prime time for children to make advances in their career. But it is not necessary that either they can focus on their career or on their parents.

Life is all about maintaining balance. Since, childhood we learn how to maintain a balance between two or more important things. During our school days, we try to maintain a balance between two or more projects at the same time. As we grow, we try to maintain a balance between getting married and taking a job. Work –life balance is something we start practicing right from our young age. Similarly, when we reach our forties, we have to maintain balance in such a way that we progress in our career and at the same time look after our family members.

Finding “that” balance may be challenging but for sure it is not impossible. It’s all a matter on one’s attitude and intention.

You can take someone’s help in taking care of your parents when you are away to office. Other family members can help you or you can hire a professional care taker who can work under your supervision and training.

You should follow a healthy routine yourself by eating properly, sleeping well and doing a moderate level of exercise or yoga. If you will remain fit, your stamina to do multiple things at a time will increase and you may not find it very difficult to focus on these two things collectively.

Also, I strongly believe that involvement in some or the other spiritual activity like visiting a temple or a holy place increases the positivity and mental strength of a person. Hence, one should not lose one’s spiritual self all together in this madly paced world.

Hence, it can be concluded that progressing in career and looking after aged family members at the same time is possible and it is just a matter of attitude and intention. By stretching a little beyond the comfort zone, one can have the joys of both the worlds.
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  • RE: When children get into their forties, the parents start getting older -rishika jalan (04/15/14)
  • When an individual reaches the age group of 40, then is the time when his parents start getting old and need a lot of care and support. The age of 40 is also the age where one is at the highest point of his career. At this time one can make the most for himself by focusing on his career. But the balance between work and life is something which needs to be adopted by all. Yes it is important to focus on career to make life comfortable for yourself and your family but at the same time one cannot forget his duties towards his parents, the ones who gave him life. Since birth a child is loved, cared and supported by his parents in all spheres of life and when his parents become old it is the child’s moral responsibility to take the same amount of care of his parents which he has received by them. In old age all one needs is love and care by his children and grandchildren. And by maintaining a steady balance between professional and personal life, one can do manage it well. The least a child can do is support his parents in their old age as he definitely owes his life to them and also for flourishing into the person he is at the moment. Career should not be neglected to lead a comfortable life, but care and time for parents should be the priority.