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Treating each child differently, but loving them the same.
4/8/2007 at 7:06 PM
I recently had a (what I thought) was a lighthearted discussion with a fellow colleague and he has 2 daughters aged 16 and 18.
He said he is having a bit of a time with his youngest girl because she thinks he favours the older daughter.
From the everyday conversations I've had on a light note, I do notice he tends to talk wayyyyy more about the older ones accomplishments and athletic abilities.
Even though both girls are athletically talented, one tends to be more aggresive like he is and the other is an awesome athlete but tends to be more complacent. He said he treats them different because they are different, but loves them equally the same. I would believe that.
I have heard this so many times before with parents because kids tend to be so different from one another.
Another part of me thinks that kids will also rile another up for the attention of parents.
Then there are the dynamics of girls vs. boys. Fathers and daughters, Moms and daughters.
Whew ,this gets pretty deep depending on the dynamics of the family.