The philosopher and moderator Barbara Bleisch demonstrates how philosophy can help clarify the relationship between children and parents. How often should an adult son visit his mother? Is a daughter allowed to move away to a distant city? Should siblings participate in the care of their elderly father? Are children even obligated to their parents? The bond with parents is the only relationship we cannot choose. In a wise and accessible manner, philosopher Barbara Bleisch describes this existential and simultaneously complicated familial relationship and delves into the questions that concern everyone. This book shows how philosophy can help clarify the relationship between parents and children. Because nowhere are expectations, disappointments, and happiness so closely intertwined as in the family.