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When families with modest incomes face expensive caregiving needs

My siblings and I are trying to figure out how to financially support our aging parents, but we all chose different career paths based on our values rather than money - I'm a teacher, my sister's a social worker, my brother's an artist - and none of us can easily afford what they need for care.

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You're confronting how pursuing right livelihood can create practical limitations when life demands resources you don't have, requiring difficult choices about money, care, and responsibility.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Buddhist economics — right livelihood?”

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