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When siblings can't agree on caring for aging parents

My brother and I both promised our mom we'd take care of dad after her stroke, but we keep undermining each other's decisions and dad is getting caught in the middle. We're both trying to do right by him but we can't seem to coordinate without one of us feeling like the other is being controlling.

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