Honour your father and your mother

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Today, I vehemently rebuked my mom in the presence of my sisters (my dad wasn’t there), for I felt she was doing something which was not morally right for her to do. I tried to show her how that thing she was doing was harming her.

Have I dishonoured her by rebuking her? Have I commited a sin? I personally don’t think so, but please correct me if I’m wrong.
 
It’s something that she does on a regular basis and my dad doesn’t say anything to her. I had tried earlier to persuade her to stop doing it but she didn’t listen. Finally, today I lost my temper.
 
I think if you were trying to prevent her from sinning that **is **honoring your mother. It sounds like you should have done it more charitably though. Maybe you should tell your mother and siblings that you went about it wrong and that you’re sorry?
 
Any sort of charitable correction should be done in private, and with love.

To have chastized her in front of your sibling was disrespectful to her authority and might give your sibling the impression it is OK to sass your mother.
 
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To have chastized her in front of your sibling was disrespectful to her authority and might give your sibling the impression it is OK to sass your mother.
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That was the reason I suggested telling his siblings he went about it the wrong way.
 
Think all of us, occasionally or more often, are in the situation where we need to apologise for how we said or did something but we do not need to apologise for our intention.

I certainly get into this situation and I think you might be too.

Funny thing, though, some people don’t seem to see the difference and I have to explain it to them.
 
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Today, I vehemently rebuked my mom in the presence of my sisters (my dad wasn’t there), for I felt she was doing something which was not morally right for her to do. I tried to show her how that thing she was doing was harming her.

Have I dishonoured her by rebuking her? Have I commited a sin? I personally don’t think so, but please correct me if I’m wrong.
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First I agree with the other posters that your rebuke was not done in an appropriate manner.
Secondly, we don’t know what your mother actually did that was so morally wrong that you “vehemently rebuked” her. For all we know she could have been just smoking a cigarette which certainly would not merit your performance.
 
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