While I think it is very loving, kind and caring of children to do this, I do not think parents should ever allow a child to take on this burden, childhood is short enough as it is. I do think children should be made to help and do chores but to be an actual carer I think is too much for them. I see a few children like this, their dedication to their parents is amazing but the mental anguish it causes them (which tends to come out in over anxiety about said parent) is heart breaking. Personally, I think I would find it humiliating to have my own child doing any form of personal care for me, I'm having an op in Feb which should leave me pretty mobile but I still get nervous about the idea that I might need some help in the personal care department from the man hostage or a parent, (I think it's highly unlikely but still one of the few things that I worry about).