Giving allowances a better choice

Gu Jun, a professor at the School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University / CHINA DAILY

Parents always put in extra efforts to make life easy for our children. As for me, I do not care much about whether my children find enough time every year to attend to my needs. So instead of granting employees "nursing leave", the authorities should allocate extra money to them so that they have more options to choose for taking care of their parents. For example, if they cannot find time to personally attend to their parents, they could use the money to hire nurses, who are trained to do the job more professionally and efficiently.

Besides, is it fair to ask employers to grant their workers "nursing leave" without the government compensating them?

Helping the elderly materially and spiritually is the shared responsibility of all members of society, and that is how all the challenges of aging society can be effectively met.