LibraryScenariosHow to explain family rifts to the people they're meant to protect
Scenario

How to explain family rifts to the people they're meant to protect

I haven't spoken to my sister in five years over caring for our mother and now our mother is asking why we don't talk and I don't know what to say.

Rabia
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The casualties of family duty can include the family relationships themselves.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Confucian filial piety — examined?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.