“I’m excellent with other people’s children, but I couldn’t do it.”

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"One caveat, though: I am still healthy and am not taking any medications for health issues. After seeing the difficulties of taking care of our mother, who has dementia —including taking over her finances — I do think about what will happen should I suffer the same fate, since I don’t have kids that will be willing to do what we do for our mother. On the other hand, my siblings tell me that they’re not guaranteed that either. We did grow up in a country where you never put parents in a home and just take care of them, no matter how difficult or expensive it is. Their children grew up in the USA, though, where the culture is a bit different."