You Can't Love Everyone Equally: Scientists Explain Why Parents Have Favorites (4 photos)

According to researchers, the older generation prefers daughters.





Many people are familiar with this - there are two children in a family, and the parents seem to love them equally. This is in theory. But in reality, they prefer girls - such a study was published on PsyPost.



Girls are favored - and they are loved regardless of culture or social group. Scientists scratched their heads and decided that this is due to:

Emotional closeness - girls allegedly share their thoughts and experiences with their parents more often.

Concern about aging - the fair sex takes more care of their older parents.

Stereotypes - girls are perceived as more responsible and obedient.





It turns out that boys are loved less. Even if they are head and shoulders above girls in all respects. And this leads to low self-esteem and jealousy in the family.

In short, there is discrimination: girls are clearly loved more, and parents cannot explain this rationally. Therefore, all sorts of psychologists advise adults to come to their senses and not to play with emotional closeness, but to give their love to children equally. But all this is only in theory, and in reality, boys find themselves in the position of "underloved" and this then leads to various negative consequences.

Well, the status of a favorite implies:

Stable mental health, good academic performance and successful romantic relationships.



So if you have such a situation - think about it. Perhaps something is going wrong.