My brother and I both live in the same town as our aging mother and we've fallen into this pattern where I handle all the doctor appointments and grocery runs while he shows up for the fun stuff, and now she needs more care but we've never actually talked about what's fair or what we're each willing to do. Every conversation about it turns into old grievances about who was the 'good kid' growing up.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are recreating childhood dynamics instead of building an adult partnership around shared responsibility.
“Where Are You with Parenting a child with chronic illness?”
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