每逢母亲节或父亲节,我们总会给父母寄去贺卡、鲜花和礼物,告诉他们,我们感谢他们,我们爱他们。然而,一年中的其他时刻我们却试图避开他们,甚至一些人还为此绞尽脑汁,伤透脑筋。根据最近的两项调查结果,36%的年迈父母都反映,在过去五年里,最需要帮助的时候成年子女都不在身边,而该数据还排除了父母已记不清的情况——此 On Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, we always send greetings cards, flowers and gifts to parents and tell them that we thank them and we love them. However, at other times of the year we are trying to avoid them, and some of us even try our best to get rid of them. According to two recent surveys, 36% of elderly parents report that adult children are not around for the last five years when they need help most, and the data exclude what parents can not remember -