Thankfully I only had 1 sibling growing up so there were never any arguments between us over whose turn it was to sit next to the window.
I thinks it’s extremely bad parenting on Elly’s part to insist that Michael give Lizzy what’s rightfully his (which is his turn to sit next to the window) in order to shut her up. That will only serve 2 purposes, and neither of them good: 1.) to show Lizzy that screaming and throwing a tantrum will get her whatever she wants — whenever she wants it, and 2.) it will cause Michael to have resentment towards his little sister so that instead of them occasionally arguing about some things, they’ll argue constantly about everything.
I get where he’s coming from because I always felt like my parents were giving ME the short end of the stick in favor of my younger sister, too, when I was growing up. It created a great deal of anger, resentment, jealousy and hurt feelings on my part towards her, which, in turn, made it difficult for us to get along with each other . . . not to mention the loss of respect I had for both my mom and dad in the process because of their poor parenting skills too. Why people can’t see what their unfair favoritism does to their children under these circumstances, I just don’t know — nor do I understand it. But then after years of such behavior, these same people turn around and wonder why all their kids just can’t get along with each other!
Meanwhile, in the future, I’d suggest leaving Lawrence at home with his mother (pathetic though she is) so that BOTH Michael and Lizzy can sit next to a window and all the arguing on this particular subject can just STOP!
Thankfully I only had 1 sibling growing up so there were never any arguments between us over whose turn it was to sit next to the window.
I thinks it’s extremely bad parenting on Elly’s part to insist that Michael give Lizzy what’s rightfully his (which is his turn to sit next to the window) in order to shut her up. That will only serve 2 purposes, and neither of them good: 1.) to show Lizzy that screaming and throwing a tantrum will get her whatever she wants — whenever she wants it, and 2.) it will cause Michael to have resentment towards his little sister so that instead of them occasionally arguing about some things, they’ll argue constantly about everything.
I get where he’s coming from because I always felt like my parents were giving ME the short end of the stick in favor of my younger sister, too, when I was growing up. It created a great deal of anger, resentment, jealousy and hurt feelings on my part towards her, which, in turn, made it difficult for us to get along with each other . . . not to mention the loss of respect I had for both my mom and dad in the process because of their poor parenting skills too. Why people can’t see what their unfair favoritism does to their children under these circumstances, I just don’t know — nor do I understand it. But then after years of such behavior, these same people turn around and wonder why all their kids just can’t get along with each other!
Meanwhile, in the future, I’d suggest leaving Lawrence at home with his mother (pathetic though she is) so that BOTH Michael and Lizzy can sit next to a window and all the arguing on this particular subject can just STOP!