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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 756291" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>From early adolescence my son has accused us of favoritism toward his sister. I spent many hours wondering if his accusations were true.</p><p></p><p>In retrospect, his father and I tried very hard to provide equal levels of support to both of our children, but truth be told we DID support one more than the other...by virtue of all the times we tried to help Son get on his feet.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, if either of them should be carrying feelings of being a scapegoated child, it is my daughter. Yet she has never once complained about having to struggle while Son was getting breaks he really didn't deserve.</p><p></p><p>When I apologized to her for all the times we neglected her needs or took it for granted that she would work though her own challenges, she said she knows we love her AND son immensely, and that we did the very best we could.</p><p></p><p>SS, I just wanted to say that you are my parental hero. You have managed to detach in such a loving way, to keep from falling into cynicism and to always hold onto hope. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 756291, member: 17720"] From early adolescence my son has accused us of favoritism toward his sister. I spent many hours wondering if his accusations were true. In retrospect, his father and I tried very hard to provide equal levels of support to both of our children, but truth be told we DID support one more than the other...by virtue of all the times we tried to help Son get on his feet. Honestly, if either of them should be carrying feelings of being a scapegoated child, it is my daughter. Yet she has never once complained about having to struggle while Son was getting breaks he really didn't deserve. When I apologized to her for all the times we neglected her needs or took it for granted that she would work though her own challenges, she said she knows we love her AND son immensely, and that we did the very best we could. SS, I just wanted to say that you are my parental hero. You have managed to detach in such a loving way, to keep from falling into cynicism and to always hold onto hope. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. [/QUOTE]
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