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Handling Rejection | What to Do When You Are Not the Favourite Parent

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 10 a.m.

Today we talk about how kids often will have favourites when it comes to which parent they prefer to be with and how we are able to handle not being wanted by them as much as the other parent. Adam has often felt sort of useless as a parent at times as the kids have just wanted to be with Rosie, but then as we\u2019ve had more children, Rosie has to focus more attention on the newer ones, which helps the older kids switch focus to their father. Your kids at a young age will have a strong bond with you while they rely on your care, but as they get older, that bond will become weaker and you\u2019ll have to adapt to losing that.

Ezra always looking for Rosie 4:31
When Patty became Adam\u2019s buddy 6:37
Transitioning your child\u2019s focus 8:54
When your kids detach from you 12:48
Feeling rejected and wanted to create the bond 19:13

\u201cIf the kids have trashed the place, and then they ask me for a treat, I\u2019ll be like, \u2018If you tidy up, you can have your treat.\u2019 whereas the kids would purposely trash the place just so Adam would give them the treat. So me and Adam operate in different ways.\u201d 10:10

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