Sometimes, it’s not possible to care for parents


I REFER to the opinion piece “Punishing those who neglect the elderly” by Danial Rahman (What’s Your Status, The Star, Sept 27; online at bit.ly/star_parents).

I think young people who grew up in good, or fairly good, normal homes tend to have ideal views of how they will one day take care of their aged parents with lots of patient, loving kindness. That’s all good and well.

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