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鈥淵ou should not put too much expectation on your young ones, especially those from a humble background. They have their own lives to live.鈥� Femi Olayanju.

鈥淧arents put themselves on hunger strike so they can abolish poverty from their families. And then this child grows up and comes back to say 鈥業鈥檓 sorry I can鈥檛 take care of you鈥�. That鈥檚 insensitive.鈥� Abosede Sodiq
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It鈥檚 always been an expectation: when children reach adulthood in Africa they should 鈥榣ook back鈥� and care for their parents 鈥� especially as they age and can no longer work themselves.

But in Nigeria some young professionals 鈥� from Gen Z - are pushing back against this, saying they鈥檙e struggling to manage financially themselves with the spiralling cost of living. They say too many parents treat their children as their 鈥榩ensions鈥� expecting them to support them financially, even if they themselves don鈥檛 have the resources, and even if they gave them little care when they were children.

For today鈥檚 Africa Daily Alan Kasujja hears the opinions of three Nigerians from different generations. And it鈥檚 a discussion which certainly gets passionate!