Oddly enough, my mother's favorite child is most often older, not younger. As researchers have found three-quarters of parents admit that they are favorites among children, although it is difficult pedagogical blunder.
For a long time it was assumed that the younger children, also referred to as last-are the most favorite of their parents. British researchers found that in most cases the most love and care are the first-born, that is, the older children.
The study showed that 74% of mothers and 70% of fathers love of her child more than another. Although parents are not indicated at the time of the survey, who exactly are their pets when researchers interviewed with the children themselves, it was found that the younger children to feel much less loved and cherished, than senior. According to younger children, this attitude of parents severely beat on their self-esteem.
Researchers interviewed siblings adolescent, who at the age of 4 years did not exceed the difference, how, in their opinion, they are the parents. Sociologists have found that first-borns feel more confident. The study authors wanted to show that the first-born do not get enough love from his parents, which gets younger brothers and sisters. To obtain the opposite conclusion.
Previously, researchers from the University of Toronto found that having older siblings help younger enhance intelligence. But scientists from the University of Ohio, showed that the presence of siblings reduces the likelihood of divorce.
