Do you believe the notion that mothers and sons have a stronger bond. Vice versa Farther daughter. Why do you think this is? Are your realtion ships this way with your parents?
this occurs early in life and usually fades away by the time a child reaches adolescence according to psychologists.
there are various schools of thought but one proposed by Freud which many still believe has merit is a pseudo sexual bond. obviously a daughter doesn't sexualize her father but the idea is that deep in their subconscious a daughter develops an affinity for their father or a son their mother due to the pure sexual orientation that develops later in life and is believe to be latent from birth
but again those who subscribe to this theory believe that these subconscious draws towards a parent of the opposite sex dissipate once a child reaches adolescence if not sooner
I'd say parents tend to be more demanding of their same-sex child, and more purely protective of the opposite sex child. I'm not sure if this is an innate desire to teach their same-sex children how to be adults, or because they understand the same-sex more, and can say 'when I was X years old I was old enough to do such and such, so they are too', where the opposite sex they just always view them as their little baby.
Anyway, you will see that, mothers harder on their daughters, pamper sons, fathers tend to push their sons more to be men, while protecting their daughters. I wouldn't say stronger relationships, just different.
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Anonymous
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Nah, I have a stronger relationship with my mum... I hate being in the same room as my dad... You know those “heartwarming” homecoming videos of soldiers and their kids? I get angry watching them because I never wanted my dad to come home from deployment... I wish I did, but... he is always angry and yelling and throwing things whenever anyone says anything around him... we could be talking at supper and he will yell and say we are distracting our younger siblings from eating... so... no, I say this is a myth. Dads suck.
Meh, I have equally strong, albeit different, relationships with both parents. My mom and I will have our girl talk, and we share the same interests, so that's dope. But, personality wise, I'm actually more similar to my dad. And I like hearing his perspective on things, especially guy related, because he a dude. Both give great advice--sometimes disagreeing with each other on a topic, but that's like having multiple perspectives to use when creating my own.
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Anonymous
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Nope. My dad left me at 5 months old... And then contacted me when I was 8 and speak to me on the phone every night, just to not speak to me ever again. I'm 20 now.
My mum and grandparents brought me up. My mum worked incredibly hard for me as well as my grandparents. I have issues with my mum nowadays because I don't get along with her husband but I won't forget how well she brought me up.
I'm very close with my 6yo daughter. She's my little friend. We were just making plans to go shopping together and "go to a Cafe" (that was her idea).
I'm also very close to my 9yo son. I'm pretty sure my kids love me more than they love their dad. Even though he's an amazing dad and shares custody equally.
I honestly couldn't say. I was incredibly close to my son before my daughter was born. My heart physically aches with sadness sometimes when I think about our times we shared just the two of us, but my daughter is just a firecracker and loves hanging out with me all the time now whereas my son is more introverted and spends more time alone, but he'll always be my baby boy.
I dunno, honestly, I love them and they love me equally.
I don't like my dad for things he's done and said, even though he's told me I'm his favorite kid (that doesn't mean I get away with things), but I like to think he's trying sometimes. Even though me and my mom clash sometimes, I will jump to her aid so quick when she needs me.
Coz they appreciate the opposite more, like admiration for what they themselves cannot ( e. g son appreciate mum's kindness or daughter appreciate dad's wisdom), this is in a ideal case, for broken dysfunction family probs doesn't apply coz the ugly side r too dominate.
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Anonymous
(25-29)
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I think that some families do function that way where the bond is stronger between parents and children who are opposite genders. I personally am super close with my mom (my dad passed when I was younger) so it really depends on the situation.
I read something about connections like this in a psychology book one time, but I can’t for the life of me remember what it said...
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Anonymous
(18-24)
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Dont get me wrong, my Dad is great, but id much rather spend time with my mom. I hate being in the same room with my dad especially alone because of previous experiences he had nothing to do with, i just hate the presence of any male that could physically overpower me. When i was little i was a daddys girl, but now i just have this subconscious fear for literally ANY guy that i can't get over so mom ftw.
I'm closer with my father but my brother isn't closer with either. Growing up he was close with my grandfather and then as he became a teen he wanted nothing to do with anyone
I’m adopted so I don’t know my parents and my mom that adopted me was a single mother of 5 other foster kids so I can’t really say on the father and daughter relationship. And I don’t have any brothers so...
I'm gonna have to disagree with this. In my experience, most women have a stronger bond, conmection, or relatibility with their mothers. I have a MUCH stronger bond with my mother versus my father..
I’m my family both my brother and I have stronger bonds with our mum, simply because dad is the stricter Christian (in other words, far more opinionated and gives lectures 🙄) So I’d say no I don’t.
I don't have a relationship with my father. He's selfish and liar. He's not right in the head. I love my mother. She's not perfect either but we get on a lot better.
It's a generalizion. I think sons have a better bond with their moms later in life. Daughters tend to be apple of the eye to their fathers. However I've seen the opposite also.
Im much closer to my mom, relationship with my dad is not great just ok. My sister is not close with neither of them.
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Anonymous
(30-35)
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Kind of. I definitelt have a stronger bond with my mother than with my father but my sister hates our dad & definitely prefers our mother too.
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Anonymous
(30-35)
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I have a relationship with my mom but my sister has too. My father is not on a strong relationship with my sister or me. Also I might consider from past experiences that my mom has a stonger bond with my sister then with me. 😢😢
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