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So this post is about my sister.
So some background first: we live in a Muslim household, but it is not what you might think. My parents do not hold a tyrannical rule over us as some of you might believe. There are some rules, e.g. no pork, no drinking, no boyfriend/girlfriend, but we are allowed to be friends with boys and girls. They only have some small expectations of us, like good grades, respect and for us to pray regularly (you might say it's a big commitment, but it only takes about 5 minutes, so no excuse unless there's a good reason).
My sister follows the basic rules (I think) of not eating pork, etc... but she does not live up to the expectations. She does not respect our parents fully (she shouts at them sometimes, talks back, doesn't listen, sometimes even calls my mum names), her grades are around or below average and she only prays sometimes. They don't tell her to wear a head scarf, she wears what she wants. She is stressing them out big time. Just this morning she said she wanted to go to a sleepover, but due to her past history of not doing what she tells my parents, they told her no (this is like the first time they've gone against her wishes), and then she made a big fuss out of it and upset both of them.
And if she doesn't get what she wants, she acts all depressed and upset. In the past, she used to cut herself because she was depressed for some reason, but thankfully she stopped. When my parents found out they were extremely upset and took her to loads of psychiatrists to try and resolve the issue, but she was still rebellious.
What can we do??
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