In Buddhism, children who are not filial to their parents will get retribution. What happens when parents treat their children badly?

Buddhism pays attention to "retribution cycle", Confucianism pays attention to "filial piety", and Taoism has a similar saying. But whether it's karma or not, be careful.

My mother believes in Buddhism, and our family also provided Buddha statues. But I am half Buddhist, and I prefer "heart". I am filial to my parents for peace of mind, not for fear of "retribution".

In essence, children's filial piety to their parents is to repay their parents' kindness in raising them when they are young, and all this is legal. This is the difference between people and animals. Humans have evolved to the point where they no longer live like animals. From big countries to small families, there is a perfect concept of family members. Filial piety has become a necessity in their bones, seeking peace of mind, gratitude and fear of retribution.

As for parents who are bad to their children, let's not talk about retribution. If you treat your child badly to a certain extent, you will be punished by law first, ranging from verbal warning to imprisonment. This is also a precedent. What's more, their children will be deprived of their guardian status, and their children will be sent to welfare homes or adopted by others, and their children may have nothing to do with their parents in the future.

In addition, China pays attention to carrying on the family line, and on this basis, there is a saying of "raising children to prevent old age". If parents are bad to their children when they are young and fail to fulfill their corresponding responsibilities, then when parents are old, children will inevitably be bad to their parents and even unable to support the elderly. This is called "the present age newspaper" in karma.

However, to be more serious, in today's society, there are fewer and fewer people who believe in retribution. In the words of an old gentleman, "if you believe it, you don't believe it." Since everyone believes that he will be punished, then the bad things he encounters are retribution. If people don't believe in karma, then these things will not be karma in the future.

As for the children's bad karma to their parents, or the parents' bad karma to their children, these are intangible causes and effects. Who dares to say that he has seen through fate?