2023-08-16 05:37:04
Children go through different stages of development, some can be challenging. Especially in these phases it can happen that you perceive one child as more strenuous than the other. Image: Stocksy
Some parents know it: you feel closer to one child than to the other. The educator Martina Stotz knows where this feeling comes from and how best to deal with it.
Ms. Stotz, when you ask parents if they have a favorite child, most of them say: Of course not! Nevertheless, there are favorite children. Is this a taboo subject?
Anne Schipp
Editor in the “Life” department of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sunday newspaper.
That’s it. “Favorite child” is also a very problematic word. Many parents are very reflective today and approach child-rearing differently than they used to. They don’t use the word, they rather say: I feel closer to one child than the other. Or: The other challenges me more.
A fifth of the 600 elementary school children you surveyed say they feel unfairly treated because their sister or brother is their favorite child. how come
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