Grown
children in China must visit their parents or potentially face fines or jail, a
new law that came into effect on Monday says.
China's new "Elderly Rights
Law" deals with the growing problem of lonely elderly people by ordering
adult children to visit their ageing parents.
The law says adults should care
about their parents "spiritual needs" and "never neglect or snub
elderly people".
This is an interesting one, particularly
when you consider there are no set guidelines for the frequency with which
children should visit their parents, and I’d also like to know just how this
law is going to be enforced.
You could have a situation where
someone in China goes to visit their parents, stays for five minutes and says
well that’s my quota filled see you next year, or equally you could have one of
those parents that still refuses to accept that their child is an adult and can
do whatever they want and is constantly on the phone to the authorities complaining
that their child doesn’t spend enough time with them.
The idea behind this law is well
meaning, but it sounds impractical and judging by the initial reaction in China
sounds like it won’t work.
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