Do you believe parents should take precedence over their children?

Some parents that I’ve met think that their children are everything and have no problem sacrificing themselves for their kids. Some other parents, on the other hand, think that they, themselves, should be prioritized since without them the children wouldn’t be able to survive or have a happy life, they believe that “you should take care of yourself first before you can take care of others”. I believe that makes sense.

In the case where a single mother and her kids (not babies) are both hungry and there’s only a single serving of food it makes sense for the mother to eat first then go to work since she’s the only bread winner in the family, without energy she won’t be able to perform her job well and that could eventually affect her earning that she could spend on her children. The children, on the other hand, can eat later, have no drawback when they are made to eat later. Who needs who more? The mother doesn’t depend on her children to survive, the children need their mother to survive thus they should prioritized their only caregiver. It is not cruelty for parents to prioritize themselves first, most of the time it’s even a necessity.

What do you think, folks? Who do you think should be given the utmost importance in the family?