In the collective unconscious, parents and children must love each other.
And if admitting having a darling among your children is already taboo, saying that you love one of them less is even more so.
But is it really so serious?
Wouldn't we have the right to love more or less, when it comes to our offspring?
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It is not a question of law, corrects Florence Millot, psychologist, specialized in the management of the emotions in family.
In itself, we do not do it on purpose.
We don't choose who we like and who we don't,
”she insists.
Same story with Nicole Prieur, philosopher and family therapist.
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It forces itself on us, that's all.
We all want to love our children so much.
Except that this is not the reality of family relationships and inevitably, when we notice it, we feel guilty and we wonder
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To love one's children in the same way would therefore be a myth.
And this, for a simple and good reason: "
No child is the same for ...
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