Our elders are very special to us, Hispanic people. They play a large part of our lives. The wisdom and experience they have is very important. Keeping them happy and healthy should be essential. In the this poem, the speaker is telling her own children that grandparents have rights.
American grandparents feel that they have to plead with their own children for time.
I think it is horrible the way that elders are just seen as a burden. Some Americans feel that it would be too much work to take care of elders when they can no longer look after themselves. Time is money and there is no time for their elders. At times they must be watched over like children. The thought of taking time out of their busy schedule for their own parents is incomprehensible.