Parents can sometimes be ridiculously hard to please, especially when they have insanely high expectations over their children.
One elderly mother, having not realised what a great son she has as he is always taking amazing care of her, decided to condemn him for not being smart and working a factory job as opposed to his elder brother who is a businessman who never has time for his mother.
The PRINZ Klinik 品医诊所 Facebook page shared how they had confronted the elderly woman, after noticing how she was treating her youngest son despite him constantly taking time out from his factory job to take her to their clinic for her appointments.
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They wrote, “Children whose parents love them the least are often the most dutiful ones. We have an elderly female patient in her 70s. Every time she comes to our clinic, her youngest son brings her for her follow-up consultations. Because the elderly mother has severe diabetes, she has diabetic wounds on her toes and soles, and she cannot walk.”
“Her youngest son always arranges time in advance for his elderly mother, takes care of everything including bringing food, medicine and a wheelchair, and serves his elderly mother carefully and attentively.”
Despite being meticulously cared for by her youngest son, she apparently appeared dissatisfied with him every time and would have an unhappy look on her face.
“The youngest son wears a factory uniform when he comes because he has to rush to work after sending his mother home. One time, we couldn’t help but defend her youngest son, saying ‘Aunty, your son is very good to you and is very dutiful to you. He takes you to see the doctor every time‘.”
“The elderly mother said in her usual complaining tone, ‘Oh, this son is incompetent. He can’t study or make money. Unlike his elder brother who went to college and started his own business, earned money and is living in a house. A big house‘,” they shared.
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Considering how she was praising her elder son, they asked her how come he had never taken her to see the doctor.
“The elderly mother was very considerate of her eldest son, saying ‘He is busy, doing big business, so don’t bother him. The younger one can come with me‘.”
After hearing the aunty’s words, they took a look at the youngest son’s face, who was silent the entire time and was wearing a wry smile. Discontent with how she was treated her dutiful son, they decided to praise her youngest son to her.
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They told her, “Aunty, I am not just telling you this. Your son is very rare. Not every child can take you to the doctor every time to clean your wounds, rain or shine, and also help you pay for your medicine. After taking you home, he has to rush to work.”
“I am his mother, isn’t it only right for him to be dutiful to me?” the elderly woman responded.
Feeling saddened by the interaction, PRINZ Klinik 品医诊所 proceeded to advise parents to treat their children equally, no matter what path they choose in life.
“We feel deeply that this is the typical thinking of some older generations, who love appearances and always like to show off. Therefore, even if they are all their biological children, they favour and love the more promising children who are more educated and the ones who are most proud of their appearances.”
“They will look down upon their children who have mediocre qualifications, do not study well or have relatively little money. Even though these children are quiet, well-behaved, obedient, sensible and very dutiful, they will never win the respect of their parents, and instead will be often disliked,” they said.
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They urged parents to love all their children equally or their family may eventually break apart.
“Finally, we want to say that in most families, the reason brothers and sisters are not harmonious is because parents are partial. When the parents are gone, the family will also break apart. Therefore, as a parent, you must be clear about one thing, they are all your own flesh and blood, so you must love them from the bottom of your heart.”
“And don’t always raise your children to have a utilitarian mind. This is a very profound and lifelong lesson of being a parent,” they ended their post.
We genuinely hope that the aunty learns to appreciate her youngest son for taking such amazing care of her while also working hard at his factory job.
He is obviously trying his level best to survive while trying to give his mother the best care that he can.
Please leave some words of encouragement to the young man in the comment section.
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