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Why giving to strangers can seem more important than helping family

My teenage daughter asked me why we give money to strangers when there are people in our own family who struggle and I did not have a good answer.

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The parent must examine whether their charitable priorities reflect genuine moral reasoning or unconscious avoidance of complex family dynamics.

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