[PuppyTailWags]

I'm of two minds. If course it sucks to be ungrateful to someone who sacrifices real economic opportunity for you.

On the other hand, it's super important for parents to not view their children as property. You're raising something to eventually become a fully fledged, full-agented human, and if they still feel obligated to you purely because of your blood (vs out of seriously analyzing and then concluding that a relationship with you is worth investing into) then you've failed to raise this human with a full sense of agency.

Yes, children shouldn't have to take care of their parents just because the parents birthed them. Children should take care of their parents because the child-parent relationship continues to be great.