When a close relative shows clear favoritism

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the age difference and what exactly are they doing? How old is the one less favored? If it's something a long the lines of they just click with the other one more over shared interests, that's one thing. If it's giving them gifts or taking them places and intentionally leaving the other one out, that's different.

Has your husband talked to their sibling about this?

It’s this and the kids are both teens. 2.5 years apart. Husband is planning to have a serious talk.

?Grooming behavior

[Anonymous]

My MIL favors my oldest. She doesn’t seem to really care about the other two kids. I asked my oldest how he thinks his sister and brother feel when he’s the only one who gets gifts from MIL. So he said something and this last time, my MIL actually sent something for all the kids.

Since my husband never sees anything wrong with his mom’s behavior, he never said anything to her about it.