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CERTIFICATES – How to explain that brothers and sisters cannot overcome childhood jealousy? What role do parents play in these distressing situations? Expert testimonials and insights.
Jerome is convinced that his mother always preferred his younger brother. “I know he loves us both, but their relationship has always been easier, more natural, more effortless. the complete opposite of me,” he regrets. At the age of 41, the owner of this restaurant admits it honestly. he is jealous of his brother. “I envy this complicity between them, this little attention my mother shows him, this fairness of temper they share.” A feeling that he cannot shake, and which, he assures, “poisons his family relationships.”
Thus, the forty-year-old leaves the room when his brother’s name is mentioned during the conversation. He also monitors how much time the mother gives each grandchild and stops talking to her for several weeks when she notices an imbalance. “I told myself first that I had a problem, then because it was bothering me, I tried to tone things down…
Source: Le Figaro
