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How to support parents whose decisions you fundamentally disagree with

My mother gave away my childhood home to my drug-addicted brother and now she expects to live with me but I am still angry about her choice.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The duty to honor parents conflicts with the need to maintain consequences for harmful decisions.

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