A very beautiful and poignant story indeed. A catch 22 situation.
But what I feel is that we are all caught up in securing material comforts and securities. It is necessary. There is nothing wrong in it.
What is wrong is not having an emotional connect or a psychological connect with children and family.
Very often I have seen that parents stop expressing love for love and only restrict themselves to providing and managing and controlling.
Emotional connection needs to be nurtured through emotions. Not through material things . And Fathers and Mothers become parents when they nurture & enrich the emotional connection.
Otherwise they are just Providers.
You are right @nehab Emotional bonding is the key here. This is what I think that though we need to work hard. At the same time, the bonding with your kids can also be strengthened.
Very true 😊