Comments on: Emotional Wound: Having Parents Who Favored One Child Over Another

By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:48:46 +0000

In reply to Lawrence Clerk. That's terrible. I think it's probably happens more than we would like to believe, unfortunately. :(

By: Lawrence Clerk

Lawrence Clerk — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:27:52 +0000

I don’t feel like there is preference in my own family, however I do know a mother of four who plainly supports one of her youngsters. She enables her most established young lady to hit, punch and kick the others.

By: Amanda Dennis

Amanda Dennis — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 07:24:59 +0000

I think that this topic is really so relevaant that we can discuss it infinitely! As for me, if you decided to be the parents, you should always remember the main rule of bringing up the children, that all the children are loved equally! But unfortunately, many parents make a big mistake to favor their love to one of the children! One simple example for you: there are many families which have two, three or more daughters, but they dream to have a son more than everything in the world. When their dream came true, the parents cannot get enough of their little son and at the same moment they forget about their girls! It is a big mistake! I think we should love our children so they feel themselves equally valued!

By: BECCA PUGLISI

BECCA PUGLISI — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:32:40 +0000

In reply to Jessica M. This is what's interesting about these wounds from a literary standpoint: a character can have so many different responses that are all legit. It's a matter of knowing that character's personality, what drives him, and laying the foundation early on for his response to make it believable.

By: Jessica M

Jessica M — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:46:43 +0000

Underlying resentment and disassociation from their parents are also the results of being the neglected child. Bitterness towards their nuclear family also festers underneath the surface.

It’s all dependent on the character of the individual, of course. One may choose anger over blaming one’s self. The above reactions I noted are just my observations from knowing a neglected child. They are ten times more successful than the favorited child, yet still not good enough for the parents.

By: Traci Kenworth

Traci Kenworth — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 00:17:12 +0000

I can’t imagine doing so with my own, but I know other people this has happened to. It’s such a shame. It would make for a great emotional wound, though. I’ll have to keep in mind.