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How to handle family pressure to reconcile with abusive stepparents

My stepfather molested me when I was twelve and now he's dying and my mother expects me to visit him in hospice and forgive him before it's too late.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The demand for deathbed forgiveness forces a reckoning between your own healing and others' need for a tidy narrative of family peace.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stepparenting and blended family dynamics?”

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