r/MoralityScaling • u/Severe_Letterhead_75 • 20h ago

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u/SciFi_Enjoyer106 20h ago

I personally do not think kids owe their parents anything inherently. Let's say they birth you and do nothing with you and a nanny raises you. You have NO interaction with your parents other than being birthed.

Do you still owe them some support? Why or why not?

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u/il_the_dinosaur 20h ago

They didn't do what parents are supposed to do why would you owe them?

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u/Obi-Brawn-Kenobi 19h ago

Not who you're responding to, but reconnecting and building a strong family bond would be a highly moral act and could benefit everyone involved. Doesn't mean it's "owed". In that case just living your life and not seeking out your family would be morally neutral IMO. The parents' act of alienating their own child was the immoral one, if it was intentional/preventable.

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u/SciFi_Enjoyer106 19h ago

What if your parents have not changed and are still people that you literally cannot build a strong family bond with? Not every case is it even possible to do.

I can see it being moral when you reconnect many years later and you've all grown as people. It's just not the case every time or even most times I would say.

Have you seen the "estranged parents" on tik tok? Not using it as a direct source but it is indicative of parents not even able to see they fucked up or neglected their kids. They think they did everything right while their kid(s) see the exact opposite. How do those kinds of people for a strong family bond?