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As we said above, honor involves helping one’s parents when assistance is needed. This includes feeding them and dressing them if they are sick or elderly; supporting them when they walk, if they need it, and helping them clean the house and buy food and medicine, if they are infirm. Children are obligated to do all of this even when they have their own families. Even if the parents’ needs are so time-consuming that meeting them will require the children to reduce their work hours and spend less time with their families, that is what they should do. However, they are not obligated to quit their jobs or risk their livelihood. While helping, the children should remain cheerful, because what parents need most in these situations is dignity and positivity.
Children are not required to pay for all their parents’ needs. However, if parents do not have the money to cover basic needs, their children must pay for them. If the children do not have the means to do so, they must find charities that will.
Children who are still living at home are obligated to do their share in taking care of the home, even if their parents are well. As children grow up and can help more, their duty to help in the maintaince of the home increases.
