Discussion Of 'Accepting Anything To Our Parents' By Claudia Mills

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Jane English's view is that we don't own anything to our parents regardless of how good they took care of us. She argues by saying that we didn't ask to be born so it's not our responsibility to take care of them. Instead “the parents owe the kids” because the parents were the one who decided to have the child. Claudia Mills also argues that we should have more of a “friendship relationship” with our parents rather than having an obligation with them. In other words, in a friendship relationship we help each other based on true affection without expecting anything in return. Claudia Mills argues that “ your family members are the only people in your life that are permanent and unguent and because of that there's value in maintaining a connection

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