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When family support feels unfairly distributed among siblings

My mother keeps giving my sister money for her children while I struggle to pay for my own kids' school fees because she thinks I should handle things myself since I have a husband.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The expectation of collective responsibility within Ubuntu can create painful inequities when resources and support are not distributed according to actual need.

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