Do you protect you family, even if it is wrong?

it is a hard option when we have to give our loved one to law when she/he broke a rule but somehow I will try to be objective when I face it If it is the best way, then I will do it

I believe in the "hot stove" discipline especially if I know that I am not remiss in my reminder as to what is right and wrong. Sometimes people need to learn the hard way.

Protecting the family is a normal reaction, but not if they deviate from a straight path and break the law. In those cases, then it is necessary for you to take legal action, unfortunately.

It is this protection that has brought the world to this disastrous level. It is always someone else's son, daughter, father, husband, wife or whoever is wrong but never our own. It is time this attitude is changed and people are honest.

even if some fault of my family I would not think I will protect him. Yet when some of your family is normal to protect him because it means that you love him and show their love and respect. nice day! merry christmas!

In legal cases, we are protecting them by doing the right thing. If we turn them to police or take legal actions against our family, we are protecting them from doing more damage or getting hurt by someone else for revenge and be killed eventually. Hiding them doesn't mean protecting them, it is like telling them that what they've done is ok and you can run away from it which is very wrong.

We are not protecting those we love by allowing them to engage in bad situations. Strong love means teaching those we love the difference between right and wrong even if is painful.

It's called tough love. If it's wrong and we protect them we are also wrong. We are as guilty as they are. Even if they do something that breaks the law and we have to turn them in, it doesn't mean that we are turning our backs on them. We can still support them and love them, but they have to suffer the consequences for their wrong doing.

I have not been face with anything serious enough to test myself, but I have stood up for family in many minor situations but there were times when I chose not to stand up for them (ex. my cousin stole a woman's purse and it was in the trunk of his car. I removed it, looked for address info and returned it to the woman). Overall I believe we do want to protect our own, but we have to balance that with standing up for our own moral values.

I dont. I have this heartlessness in me. If it is wrong, I hurl it at them, irrespective of the fact whether they are young or old. I expect the same from them, though I am not sure I am always graceful in accepting others pointing fingers at me. However, when I find there are mistakes from both ends, and I find that the person erring was the first to start then I fight tooth and nail to fight my family member, even if he is wrong.

hi, in that situation i don't know if what will i do,maybe the first thing will come to my mind is to protect and keep her/him to protect him/her,but after that maybe i will realize that i need to put him/her in the legal way to protect him/her more.

I would never protect even a family member if they broke the law. They did the crime so they would need to do the time. I might feel bad about it but I will not cover anything illegal like that ever.

It is never right correct a wrong thing with another wrong thing. We show love to our beloved by teaching them what is right and just and never tolerating them of their bad deeds ! I will never protect my beloved if it is in the realm of darkness. I love him that means , i want him to be in right path.

Hmmm. I think I will do protect my family at first. But I will not tolerate them to continue their wrong ways, instead I will correct their mistakes. :)

Many times, I think we can often try and help them, but they have to be the ones to wake up and realize that if they do not change their ways and get the help that they need they are only asking for something bad to happen in their life to them. No one should put up with people in their life especially family who are constantly treating them this way.

Of course it would depend on what they have done to break the law, whether it's a minor infringement of the law or whether they have carried out a heinous crime. After all you would be charged for harboring a criminal if you knew what they had done but failed to report them. It's a thin line between loyalty to your family and abiding by the law of the land.

Sometimes people deserve a second chance or the benefit of a doubt. Our tendency is to protect the people we love, but if it reaches the point to where they are a danger to themselves or others, the law should be involved. There is such a thing as enabling someone's behavior and if our loved one doesn't seem to be getting the message to improve on their own then it would probably be best to go to a higher authority to help them.

If it means for fatal reason I will hide my family and don't let it happen. I am not unfair person even if it involves my family. I will listen first the story before I decide. My parents and siblings knows about my attitude.

I might not turn in a law breaking relative, but I would not lie for them, either. Whether or not I would initiate a call to the authorities depends on the seriousness of the crime.

That is a hard question to answer. I would not want to get someone I loved into trouble but there is such a thing as hard love and sometimes we have to do it. It all depends on the situation and the crime. Something personal, maybe a small theft from me by a friend I would challenge and if that friend lied about it I would cease the friendship. If they were honest I would forgive them and make sure that I did not put temptation their way again. I would not tell the police. If someone is potentially a danger to themselves or someone else then that is a different story and I would have to take action of some kind.