Son can do no wrong, daughter no good

[MamaGoose]

Any clues why this happens in families? I've seen it over and over.

The son comes once a month to take out the garbage and he's praised like a hero. The daughter slaves over the parents and she never does a good enough job.
Would appreciate any input.
Thanks.

[CAPTAINZING2000]

good damn Q.


There's a lot of double standards out there. Guilt or what ever takes place. People know how and what to use to get what they can out of people.


So sad isn't it. Don't fall for it

[best]

My baby brother can do no wrong but all 6 girls in the family had issues.

Comes down to the one sidedness of who my mom was. My sisters did everything and none of it was ever done to my mom's understanding of perfection.

My sisters realized early on... it is her issues, just stay out of her way.

[BigSis]

Little Sis was dad's favorite in our family... I was the oldest and brother was in the middle. Mom shared with me once that she tried to hide for years that Lil Brother was her favorite..... ?? (she did such a good job, that all this time, I thought *I* was her favorite!!).

Anyway .... Sis says Dad didn't do her no favors.

What she learned was to manipulate and capitulate... and society frowns on both. She has such poor communication and people skills that she is actually going to school to see if she can figure out how to do both better.

Both Dad and Brother are gone now, and Little Sis lives with mom... so now I really AM mom's favorite!

Letting go of the results of some of those things is what has helped Sis and I... that, and mom getting a couple decades of sobriety under HER belt. We can laugh about the "favorite kid" thing now... most of the time.

[CarolD]

At 17 I departed amd left my brother wearing his Prince crown.