It's interesting to see how Fok is navigating these contrasting cultural ideals: age - old traditions of
filial duty on one hand, and the New World ideas of freedom and rugged individualism on the other.
In many Asian cultures with long histories of
filial duty, children have always taken care of parents and extended family.
«The cultural model of
filial duty remained one of the most salient aspects of China's Confucian legacy,» Fong says.
Also an elder law attorney told me recently that several states are looking into «
filial duty» laws where families must step up to care for aged parents rather than game the system to have parents cared for as indigents by the states.
Not exact matches
Some interesting directions as to
filial piety, the
duties of sons to parents are also included in the tenth book: