Is there any utilitarian intention in "raising children to prevent old age"

It is China's traditional cognition to raise children to guard against old age and many a mickle makes a mickle, and only under the influence of this concept will the feudal thought of giving preference to boys come into being. This made sense in the past when there was a shortage of labor. People rely too much on manual labor to obtain prey, food and other survival bases. Now, physical strength is no longer the only guarantee for human beings to obtain living conditions. Raising children for old age is not only utilitarian, but also useless.

Raising children to prevent old age is not necessarily.

With the development of medicine and economy, China has entered an aging society in 1999, and the first generation of only children in China began to face difficulties in providing for the elderly as early as 18. After the opening of the second child policy this year, a young couple is more likely to face two children and four or more elderly people. With soaring prices and increasing work pressure, it is difficult for many young people to survive, let alone support the elderly. It is difficult for modern society to raise children to prevent old age.

Raising children to prevent old age broke off love.

Parents feed their children mostly out of love for them, but if the concept of raising children to prevent old age always exists, when children choose to play or study, parents will definitely choose to force their children to learn, ignoring their own choices and experiences. In this utilitarian "feeding", children will of course sacrifice many wonderful experiences as individuals and satisfy their parents' imagination of "being a useful person to the family". Nothing can be called love without paying for each other's satisfaction.

With the smooth flow of information, China people know more and more how to live as an independent person. Independence is bound to gradually leave the arms of parents, and the old concept of raising children to prevent old age will gradually be eliminated.