What am I going to do?
@Charliefan101 (124)
United States
April 19, 2007 11:48pm CST
My brother and father cannot seem to get along. Whenever the topic of schoolwork in this house is brought up, it's usually my brother. My brother feels like my parents are suffocating him and my parents feel like he's giving them "too much sass," which he is, but they won't back off him at ALL. My mother and my father talk about my brother 99.5% of the time nad barely let the rest of us get a word in edgewise. (Well, that's what it feels like.) He's 13, and I'm 16. We get along pretty well and sometimes they need me to help him get his homework done. I'm sick of making him do his homework -- it isn't evne my job -- but I volunteered to help him out, since my father doesn't really care right now and my mother is only making it worse. But I hate being the "go-between!" I feel like a trator! What should I do?
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@tombiz (2036)
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
You know what, this is a very coomon dilema affecting alot of families worldwide. Parents and siblings who could not get along very well -- usually minds and directions not in harmony with each other.
I suggest you honestly talk to both parties and sincerely appeal for genuine understanding and peace to each other. sometimes it is a very difficult job of reconciling people of the same family but you must contribute something so that gradually you can help in preserving the family's peace and loving atmosphere.
As both parties have their own ideas and difference, you must never concentrate on those but rather on things and grounds that both may shared on the same. good luck on your mission (possible!). I am praying for your family.
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
20 Apr 07
You are still young. You have your whole life to be someones parent. You are his sister and he is not your responsibility. It is okay to help him out once in a while. if you want to, but you do not want to start feeling resentment toward anybody.
If your brother is being disrespectful to his parents, the last thing they need to do is back off. Maybe you guys need to consider family counseling. You said that your father and your brother can not get along. This can turn into a much bigger and more serious problem, if you guys do not seek help immediately.
