Parents recognize that they do not love all children the same

Although parents hardly accept it in front of family or friends, research shows that they still favor one child over another.

The new Canadian research has shown that the more the child - rearing style differs from the same family, the more negative it will be to influence the psychic health of all family members.

This discovery is very surprising”, said Jenny Yankees, professor of applied psychology and human development at the University of Toronto and the head of this study.

We have expected that the so-called <x1 differentialization” affects only the dynamic between parents and children. However, it has been shown to affect the entire family”.

“Ration or differential education” is actually a fancy name for what actually represents one child's favour compared to another.

Research that was published in the magazine “Children's Development” has lasted four years. “400 Canadian families with the method of surveying and direct surveillance have been forwarded to this period.

Prof. Yankees and her team have discovered that children of parents who have not treated their children the same way have had more problems with care and social reports that have continued in adulthood.

Researchers have found that growth or differential education is linked to certain factors, such as poverty, mental illness, and the history of domestic abuse.

Similarly, research has shown that mothers who have been under longer emotional and financial stress were less often rights to their children.