It is common for aging parents to need their children's help. When this happens, children must understand that their parents are concerned about two important things:
- their parents still have a powerful need to maintain control over their lives, even at the time when age and illness make that increasingly complex
- their parents nurture a deep desire to see and appreciate that their lives have meant something--they have a desire to consolidate their legacy
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