As children, all we usually pray and long for is that fact that our parents are wealthy enough to regularly give us goodies and that by the time we're old we won't have to go through many struggles as we'll be able to benefit from their wealth in making a better life for ourselves, but then when it comes to the other way around, in which children are made to face the consequences of their parents actions, we're all discontent about it, but then is it ideal or not? In this article I'll be stating my opinion on this subject matter.
I remember when I was growing up, there were several days when I was just wishing my parents would just walk up to me and say, Son, we're actually very wealthy but kept it from you so you'll have a humble beginning and learn valuable lessons about what it means to not have, but then as this never comes, I'm still pleased with my parents and cherish them because even from the little they had, they never for once deprived me of necessity they could afford, even to the point of taking a loan and going into debt for my sake.
Now while all of those were for my own good and go on to make me happy, it's worth knowing that nothing that had them leave behind some debt and I'm left to face the repercussion of paying back, I definitely won't be happy, and my feeling would be justified because it's the responsibility of a parent to cater to their children's needs and help with their shortcomings, not the other way round.
In my opinion, if the consequences I'm left to face are helping them clear a few debts, even though I'm not happy, I'll still do it because one of the beauties of family is the shared responsibility and love that abides between everyone. As a family, we've all, on several occasions, sat down and decided on things we'd love to bring to reality, and we did at the end of the day, because rather than leave it for our parents to do everything, now that we're old enough, we split the responsibility to ease the tension of doing that for our parents.
But regardless of how much shared responsibility is within a family, parents shouldn't for any reason leave behind things that would make life difficult for their kids. You can imagine several centuries ago when parents would go into debt, and to pay their debt, their children would be taken into slavery. That's very bad of the parents, and they should be the ones to face the consequences of their actions, not leaving it for their kids.
Then one angle I'm looking at this from is the fact that paraventure, if it's allowed, children would be punished for their parents shortcomings. I think it'll deter parents from committing crimes or offenses that will warrant such from happening; after all, no parents can really stand watching their kids go through pains, but then in the advent that they're dead when such consequences spring out, then there's nothing they can do, and that's why I believe everyone should face the consequences of their actions.
In developed countries, such things won't even be allowed, because they have bodies that monitor the well-being of children, making sure they're not maltreated, exploited, or abused. Aside from those bodies, there are laws that even prohibit such things and protect kids from parents crimes, and even if there aren't, I don't know how it's reasonable to anyone that they punish one man for another man's sins.
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