In collectivist filial pietal cultures (such as China),
adults are responsible for working to earn an income for the family, while
tasks like childcare are delegated to seniors (often the grandparents of the
child), whilst elderly care for seniors are in turn delegated to their adult
children (who then go on to take care of their grandchildren before being taken
care of by their children when they get old). In individualistic cultures (such
as The Netherlands), every adult is responsible for taking care of themselves,
whilst the care-taking of seniors and children is outsourced to for-profit
out-of-school-care and elderly care homes.