In the picture above,a special football game is going on.where four siblings as gatekeepers are trying hard to keep the ball,their old father,out of their gates,which respresent their own home.It disclose a strange social phenomenon in contemporary Chinses society,that adult children shirk responsibility for their aging parents .
Such deeds reflect the decline of traditional virtue of filial piety.Respecting the old and caring for the young,has been among the most cherished virtues since ancient times in China.However,as the society has grown more money-oriented and people more self-interested,this virtue gets eroded along with distortion of ethical morality.How could one callous to his parents,espect to be well-treated by his children when he grows old;How could it be possible for one to help other old people,if he even disregards his own aging parents.The society will be threatened to be unstable,if familys,the basic units of the society,are not harmonious.
How to change this unhealthy ethos?
We should vigorously advocate the traditional virtues of honoring parents and respecting the old and caring for the young in society;We need the power of ethical persuasion to encourage the young to feed the material and spiritual need of the elderly.Futhermore,these who fail to support their parents should be punished by law as well as condemned by morality.These efforts are all prerequisites for building a harmonious society in which senior citizens are looking after properly.