Bonds that last a lifetime

In this photo taken on Thursday, July 18, 2013, Luis Roblas, 45 years old, bottom left, and his wife Martha Bate Garcia, 40 years old, top left, swim with their daughters, 7 and 9 years old in a campground in Madrid. Roblas and Bate Garcia are unemployed parents with two children having their holidays for free at a campground. Spain¿s association representing campground owners is offering free stays for economically hurting families for the second year in a row. The program, offered at more than 50 campgrounds, gives four nights accommodation in bungalows to parents who have been unemployed for at least a year and have children under age 14. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

THERE is more to the issue of children abandoning their parents in old folks home than meets the eye.

Few psychiatrists shared with The Star on the cause and effect in parent-children relationships and also their opinions on abandonment.