In a recent blog post, we discussed the issue of family favouritism.
We wanted to reassure parents that having a favourite is part of human nature (and not the same as loving one child more or less than another), and should not be a source of guilt or shame.
What’s important is how you act on your inclination towards one child or the other.
Giving overt extra attention to one child over another can result in cries of ‘but it’s not fair!’.
And ultimately, this can lead to problematic behaviour, resentment, and sibling rivalry…
Which raises an interesting question – how do we define ‘fairness’?