take care of the old As is depicted in the picture above, a football match of supporting aged parents is going on. It’s obvious how deeply involved in the misery is the old father who is crouching in the middle of the field and treated as a football by his four unfilial adult children who are standing nervously in different corners to prevent the ‘football’ from entering their goals. Apparently, none of them is willing to receive the aged father. This picture does vividly present us a thought-provoking phenomenon: increasingly people refuse to undertake the duty to take care of their parents who brought them to this world and raised them before their entering the society. They hold the views that this is such a financial burden they can’t afford to receive their aging parents. Consequently, the old tend to be neglected and even abandoned when growing weak and helpless. As a matter of fact, it is not a problem concerned with financial burden or something material, but a disappointing moral breakdown in this booming society, not to mention it is also illegal. Everyone knows taking care of old parents is not only a traditional moral virtue cherished by Chinese, but also an obligation laid down in the constitution. In order to prevent the mistreatment indicated in the drawing above, much effort should be made to promote moral education and to strengthen the regulations and laws. Only in these ways can we ensure a better remaining life to the old. And the world will also be better for them.