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Does the legislation of ＂often going home to visit＂ reflect humanization？
Time:2025-08-28 Views:1114
Recently, the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Liaoning Province reviewed and approved the "Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly in Liaoning Province". Article 31 of the regulations clearly stipulates that supporters should fulfill their spiritual obligations to the elderly. If they do not live with the elderly, they should frequently visit and greet them. This is the first time in the country that the spiritual care for the elderly has been written into local regulations as an obligation of caregivers. The Regulations will come into effect on October 1, 2008.
Filial piety belongs to a category of morality. Elevating this moral restraint to a legal system aims to advocate a concept of humanistic care throughout society, highlighting the humanization of the rule of law. It also sets a precedent for the legalization of support obligations and is highly anticipated.
In the conventional way of thinking of ordinary people, laws and regulations are always presented to the public as a sacred and inviolable "face", with seriousness, solemnity and "indifference" being their basic manifestations, and there is rarely a warm and friendly side. In fact, this is a prejudice and misinterpretation of laws and regulations. Laws and regulations not only have the feature of being strict, but also have the connotation of care and concern. It's just that they have been overlooked in the long-term operation process.
In recent years, with the people-oriented concept deeply rooted in people's hearts, humanistic care has become an important indicator for measuring the harmonious development of society. In legislation, more emphasis is placed on this humanistic care being brought to the table, becoming a kind of interest demand of individual society. The "Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly" emerged in this context. Therefore, it is more accurate to say that this is a significant step forward in the development of the legal system towards humanization rather than the promulgation of a local regulation.
In fact, with moral constraints becoming increasingly weak, "often going home to visit" has become a sad topic. It also needs to elevate filial piety to a legal system, so as to restrain, regulate and supervise it, and make it a voluntary action of people. Nowadays, due to differences in lifestyle, values and other aspects, the generation gap between the elderly and their children is getting deeper and deeper, and they have less and less common language. Especially for children working outside, because? In terms of career, apart from phone greetings, there is hardly any time in a year to be by the elderly's side and ask about their well-being. This makes the elderly, despite having no worries about food and clothing, feel extremely lonely and desolate in their spiritual life. "Eat less?" As long as life is happy, the elderly also hope that their children can "come home often to visit".
Therefore, without violating the law, legislation stipulating "often go home to visit" on the one hand brings the regulations closer to people's lives and makes them more humane; on the other hand, it is conducive to regulating and constraining people's moral behaviors. Although the implementation effect remains to be verified, it is already a beneficial attempt to humanize legislation. Sichuan Faneng Law Firm is dedicated to serving you.