I can share this as a parent (at least I think I can).
I would go through walls for my kids. Nothing would stop me if there was something I thought I could do for them. Now my kids are on the young side–but I don’t think I am alone in that.
On the extreme other end, is my wife’s mother. Now granted its not a 1:1 comparison, two sub-teens versus a child with two kids of her own–but still…
The wife is in end-stage with a brain tumor and “living” in hospice care. What is her mother doing? Going to retreat to upstate NY for the rest of the summer without a car. Easily a four hour drive from where her daughter is on her death bed.
I know I couldn’t do it.
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