that's not true, you don't have any obligation to give parents money, you can show you are grateful for their love by showing them love and kindness in return, not being a their financial slave. :-) your patents should not have had children if they could not support them selves financially through their retirement.. its that simple :-) no parent has the right to ask for money from a child :-), gee just because you are conditioned to believe that is true doesn't make your situation correct. You would not be a 'sinner', the real sinner is your parents for using you as their retirement money slave, because they had no foresight and had no responsibility to look after their own financial requirements in their old age.