Even if they make the child promise never to tell the other kids, I can't help but to think this can't be a good idea. At least when you're young, you're immature enough to actually "enjoy" such a thing, but as you get older, it seems like it would have to make things sort of "strange". I once heard a parent do this - and she meant it - and I can't help but feel that overall, it would work out to be a negative thin in the long term. It's not that I think parents should never actually -have- a "favorite" - I doubt that can be avoided - but feeling it and stating it are two different things. It seems like stating it is just not "fair", for some reason. FWIW, I've never been told I'm the favorite or heard my sister being told that, but I -have- heard other parents say it. I just have to wonder.
2007-07-16
11:35:28
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