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When siblings can't separate past grievances from present decisions

My brother and I are trying to decide what to do about our dad's declining health and independence but we disagree about everything and every conversation becomes an argument about stuff from thirty years ago.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Current family decisions are held hostage by unresolved historical dynamics between siblings.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Philosophy of history?”

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