In the next century, it is estimated that the geriatric population in the United States will increase from 13% to 20%. Care for elderly sickness and mental instability is often burdened on middle-aged children and the elder's significant other. As a result, some children end up leaving their work and completely devoting their lives to the soon to be deceased; at the same time, spouses of the sick emotionally suffer and grieve. Depending on culture, the expected roles of parents and children vary. In the American culture, independence, autonomy, and the freedom to pursue one's own happiness are prevailing values; in other cultures a duty to one's elders and community may be the dominant value. Without making a moral judgment, the increasing geriatric population creates an obvious societal problem. Robert Anderson's play I Never Sang for My Father presents the problem at hand but fails to provide an apt solution...