Mom's favoritism can affect kids, sibling rivalry as adults

USA Today
Sharon Jayson
May 3, 2010

Among families, sibling rivalry and favoritism exist to different degrees, depending on the number of children, gender of children, cultural background of the family, and temperaments of different family members. Many mothers worry about feeling closer to one child than another, but according to Cate Dooley, a faculty member with the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Wellesley Centers for Women, "Mothers really need to let themselves off the hook. You're going to have different relationships with each child. It's OK." Read article.

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