sister gets all the attention

[AmandaGurl]

Does anyone have a sibling who u think gets more attention then u from ur parents and stuff?
im 13 and my sister is 10 and i feel i get ignored sometmes. she never really gets punished and i will get grounded for like the smallest thing. not really fare.

[ShadowBlade]

I had same problems when I was younger. Then I realised that it was just my idea. Why don't you discuss it with your parents?

[Harley Quinn]

I think every family has that one 'preferred' child. In my family, yeah my older brother is the one that has always had the more attention. However, like Jim said, usually it turned out it was just me thinking that and it not actually being the case of a favourite child. I think you should talk to your parents about how you feel and now sometimes, you think you're being treated different.

[SmartandSassy]

My parents both love me the same (as I'm sure yours do) but I do notice that I get told off more harshly for the exact same things, so I get what you mean. It's probably just because they expect you to be the one to set a good example!

[MoonMan]

My older brother and I are not too far apart personality wise, we share a lot of the same traits, which is probably why it's hard for my dad to choose favorites. Still though in some situations he is favored, some situations I'm favored. It's hard to find a perfect balance even if the parents love all of their kids the same believe it or not. Usually the older one gets harsher discipline because the parents have higher expectations for them, which is not always a bad thing in the long run even if you feel it's not fair right now. You're more mature than your younger sister, expect more mature expectations and punishments. If your parents are downright ignoring you, though, then that's a problem...

[teen.jpg]

Actually, I think I'm the "preferred child" as Bacon put it. Sometimes I hate it though.

[Tendencies]

I have felt that before, it isn't a very good feeling. So what I did is I told my mom and she apologized. Ever since then she has been treating us equally. Try and talk to your parent about it, maybe things will change with your sibling.

[uglyinsideandout]

Parents don't love all their children the same.

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[marrisa]

I know what u mean.It seems to me my 10 yr old sister is the favorite.But my older sister says I am the favorite.But I guess they could favor one child over another.Maybe the one that will succede over the trouble maker loser maybe.

[justin 13]

I know my lil bro always get more attention than me from my dad.

[Stronk Serb]

If I screw up, my dad goes apeshit on me. If my half-brother crews up, he gets a pat on the back and get's told that it's wrong.

[Pitsirikos]

I believe it's true that parents have sometimes their favorite and we have to deal with it. If you can't stand it you can talk with your parents telling them about your feelings. I want to believe that they will understand and try their best to react better in the future.

[Cooper197]

I get what you are saying, and I know in my family my little sister is the favorite one, but I'm cool with that. By little I mean she is just 6 months younger than me (half sister) and she hasn't lived with us for a year yet so there's the whole give her what she really wants so she doesn't want to go back thing going on. Like I said, it doesn't bother me anymore, it did at first and sometimes it still gets to me, like when my dad goes out and buys her a brand new car -__- but it's just how things go! I know they still love me too

[Pseudogeek]

Me: *gets 100 on test*
Mom: good job
Brother: *gets 85*
Mom: Great job! I'm so proud of you!!!

Sister: *passes class, barely*
Mom: great job! You did well! :D :D :D
Me: *gets A in class*
Mom: good job

[sqishy]

Being the youngest in the family, it does create this small bias in others in my family looking at me first if something was broken, or something went wrong generally. That assumption did work better when I was much younger and obviously prone to create problems more than my older sister, but not so much now. Not at all, really.
There's no favoritism as such, more like anti-favoritism towards me. And since I am still in the metaphorical case of re-organizing my room of me and my life, from what it was like in childhood, to what it'll be like in adulthood, I seem to be preoccupied to my parents and sister, and they take it as a small insult. No offence to them at all. What is wrong with liking to be with yourself for most of the time, trying to make sense of both worlds, out there and in me?

It's an annoying thing; but I guess I need to be glad that I don't have worse situations like some of you here are in :/

[Drag0nite]

I know what you mean. My sister and I have done the same thing but I get punished big time while she is perfect and "doing" homework in her room. They're still doing this even though she is in college. So I know how you fell

[kylem1229]

Dont have any siblings, but that goes for partys. They always pay attention to everyone else, including the younger kids. Never to me.

[BookSmart]

I have a twin sister and a 10 year old sister. When I was younger, and even sometimes now, I felt that my sisters would get more attention then me. I'd cry, throw huge tantrums, and sometimes I'd even pretend to run away and see if anyone noticed I was missing. My parents got really mad at me at first, but after I explained to them how I felt, they explained something to me.

They told me that they treat me more strictly and pay less attention to me because they have higher expectations of me, not in a bad way but a good way. They admit that they spoil my little sister, but my mom says it's because with three kids, she's ran out of energy to punish my little sister the same way she disciplined me and my twin when we were younger.

As for the difference in how she treats my twin and I, it's because she thinks that I'm stronger and more capable. It's not that she favors one of us, but my sister has had and still has some medical issues in the past that drag down her potential and her everyday capabilities.

So now I don't feel as bad when I get treated a little more harshly or if I get the short end of the stick. I know it's because my parents are proud of me and think that I'm mature enough and strong enough to handle things differently from my siblings.

[Miri]

I'm the only daughter in my family, and my parents take it really easy on me (most of the time). I guess they got so used to having boys around that I became this "delicate little thing" that they had to protect, especially with my dad. They have high expectations though.

Most of the time I don't like it. When I want to go somewhere, my dad literally asks for every detail, and he insists on either him or one of my brothers dropping me off, no one can pick me up at my house without a full and embarrassing interrogation. My mom is much more relaxed.

[Miss despicable]

What happens with me is that my sister is better than me in everything. She is beautiful and skinny. Boys from my classes tell me how hot she is and how much they want to do her. The worst thing is that after people tell me how pretty she is they then say I look nothing like her. It hurts, you know? She's 3 years older than me and she herself tells me that im fat and ugly. Way to boost my self esteem like! I cry every night because of it.

[NikosamA98]

Im my mom's only child and I'm my dad's third. My brother and sister are 24 and 29 respectively and they say I'm my dads favorite because I get everything I want, I studied in the best school and he invites me to every travel he makes, etc. The thing is that my dad is economically stable since I was born but before (when they were my age) he didn't have that much money. Of course I get all the attention of my mom so everything she does is for me. Its cool to be a single son but sometimes I wish I had a younger brother. The cool thing is that my brother teaches me how to drive and he is still like a teen which is pretty cool :P!

P.D.: Sometimes I think the favorite is my sister because she is his only daughter

[Katiya]

This is actually really common. I was over at someone es house once and the younger sister got yelled at for everything while the older sis was doted on. I think the younger sis did not like me but I felt bad for her that day. I would have stuck up for her but I had an awful migraine and slept on their couch. I wish I could go back and stick up for her, no one deserves that. I did mention to her parents that I thought she was taking it really hard and they ran me off after that conversation. :/ oh well, her family is rich so I'm sure they will pay for her college soon enough. I don't think she was greatful forthe fact her family still spoiled her with the latest fashion and 100$ a week allowance.

[Katiya]

Im my mom's only child and I'm my dad's third. My brother and sister are 24 and 29 respectively and they say I'm my dads favorite because I get everything I want, I studied in the best school and he invites me to every travel he makes, etc. The thing is that my dad is economically stable since I was born but before (when they were my age) he didn't have that much money. Of course I get all the attention of my mom so everything she does is for me. Its cool to be a single son but sometimes I wish I had a younger brother. The cool thing is that my brother teaches me how to drive and he is still like a teen which is pretty cool :P!

P.D.: Sometimes I think the favorite is my sister because she is his only daughter

I always wished I had a sister that was into the same stuff as me. I'm an only child, it was great as a Lil kid but now its lonely.