well, good topic to discuss.  but i dont know if we need to discuss this topic.  for me, i feel it is my responsibility to help my parents when they are in need.  they did everything for me since i was born until i get educated in usa.  Though it is 21st century, we were born and raised in differnt society and we can nto compare things with americans.  americans, they have social security to take care of , also, they were raised in such a way that parents dont have any expectations from kids because they hardly did anything for their parents as well.  our society is different.  well, i dont know what my son/daughter will do to me if they raised here because they will learn things from this environment.  i will probably wont expect from my kids in a same way as my parents have expectation from me.  this is because they will raise in different society and i will probably save something for me for my retirement.  however, in our parents case, they hardly save anything for them, they spend whatever they have to educate and give better life to their kids.  so, in my opinion, we need to provide as much help as we can to our parents.  remember, what goes around  comes around.