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When estranged family members return seeking support

I grew up in foster care and my birth family now wants a relationship but only when they need financial help and I feel manipulated.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Ubuntu's call for reconnection is being exploited by those who abandoned their initial responsibilities.

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“Where Are You with African ubuntu and intergenerational responsibility?”

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