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When compassionate lies become harmful

My sister keeps asking me to lie to our parents about her drinking problem and I've been covering for her for months, telling myself it's compassionate, but I think I'm actually enabling her destruction.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to protect someone from consequences can transform into participation in their self-harm.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Buddhist merit and the ripple of good action?”

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