“I had a [relative] that I remember my family talking about that was sent away. Do you know how we can find out about that person?’”

The loss of any sense of duty when it comes to family care for the sick, aging, or mentally infirm, and the way many of these precious ones are treated by their own families as disposable property, is yet another reason why we must be dilligent to work to restore those multi-generational principles of faithfulness which are at the heart of Christian love and biblical patriarchy. This story illustrates the tragedy and selfishness of the modern phenomenon.