By Amy Glover
A 2021 study found that sibling bullying is linked to a decreased sense of competence and self-esteem for the bullied party,聽but what about when the unfair treatment comes from their parents?
That鈥檚 a situation Redditor聽u/fortnite_meow聽seems to be grappling with in a post shared to聽r/AITAH聽(Am I The Asshole Here).
Acknowledging that their situation sounds 鈥渞idiculous and insane,鈥 they wrote: 鈥淎ITA for 鈥榬unning away鈥 because my parents were late to my graduation over a Labubu鈥?
We asked BACP-registered psychotherapist Daren Banars毛, who owns聽a private practice in London, how to handle sibling favouritism at its most extreme.聽
Their parents were buying their younger sibling a trendy toyThe poster, who is adopted, says her parents have always treated their biological child (her 10-year-old sister) differently.聽
鈥淢y parents didn鈥檛 treat me badly,鈥 they wrote, 鈥渂ut if I got one toy, Princess [their sister] got five.鈥澛
This left them 鈥渏ealous,鈥 and got worse as Princess grew older.聽
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