Lying to parents

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If it's over who ate dads pakoras or something no need to cause a furore and just turn a blind eye... your commiting a minor sin but preventing a big argument is also saving a bigger sin.

If your sibling has just done somehting really bad then wether you tell your parents or not... which you should really but... see to it that justice is served.

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It depends on whats been hidden, if they were secretly worshipping the devil I would tell on them straight away.

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Me too :slight_smile: Cant have devil worshipping in a household like ours… :snooty:

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Abbu's pakoras and devil worship=? wish I had the luxury to laugh right now..

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awww, it's hard to give a serious answer because we dont know how serious the problem is. If you want to keep it private thats fine, but I doubt you will get much serious advice.

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It depends on how serious the situation is. If I don't think the sibling would get the right kind of response from parents (because of their own biases) and I know that it isn't a big deal, I wouldn't. But I would NEVER keep any thing that even has the potential to develop into something big. In addition, I'd tell 'em to go disclose it themselves, as opposed to me doing it. In a situation like that, the person would want to be the one telling parents. I would tell the sibling that this is way too big and it would be irresponsible of me to keep it to myself.

Also depends on the age and maturity level of the sibling.

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I would be objective so it would depend what the lie is and what the reasoning is behind it..

If I think they have a good reason I would cover for them (good reason being a situation like another poster on here whose parents are trying to force her into marriage and she 'needs' to get out of going to Pakistan so perhaps lies and says she has a job lined up or she's staying with friends when she's really at home alone).. Parents aren't always right so I would do what I think is in the best interests of my sibling..

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i am the eldest of the siblings. i do sort of have that control over them that if they were doing something wrong, and i got to know ... they would feel a tad scared ... BUT i also have a friendly and casual enough relationship with them that we tell each other everything ... no matter how bad. Being the eldest ... i almost feel like a parent towards them ... in the sense that of course m not going to get parent-like mad at them or land a slap on their face ... but i do feel terribly concerned for them. If they confess to anything with me ... no matter how bad ... i would never tell my parents ... and they cherish this trust ... i am like a safe place for them to confess at without the parents wrath ... but a strong enough confession box that they'd be mindful of their future actions.

so i dont know what kind of relationship you have with your siblings ... but if they're doing something BAD that would hurt them ... and you dont have the power to help the situation ... tell your mother .. ask her advice.

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Thank you to the last few posters- this helped for sure. :)

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Ive only ever known “honesty is the best policy”- my parents were my best friends- especially my beloved father- being honest and urself from day 1 will hold u in good stead :k: