My American friend was describing her dilemma. Her 92-year old mother had fallen and broken her hip. The family was struggling to figure how to take care of her. It did not help that the four children lived in four corners of the country, and all were over 60. But the old woman had remarried 15 years ago, and the husband was 16 years younger. The argument was he should take care of her, and not the children.
Americans do not suffer the burden of duty we hang around the necks of children ..
