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[quote=Anonymous]Making a long story short-- I come from a family with 5 kids. We are all adults and all have our own families now. Our mother died a number of years ago. Since then my father has spent most of his time pitting each of us against each other. He has also choosen a clear favorite child who receives extra support with money, his time, etc. Needless to say the chosen one isn't me. Most of the time I just ignore him because it is very annoying and destructive. As his grandkids have gotten older he treats the kids of the chosen sibling much better then the rest of his grandkids. He sends them to privates school, receive funds to travel abroad and the oldest has received a car. It really didn't bother me but now it is really upsetting me as I see him actively choosing to not spend time or money in my own kids. That really hurts. As my kids have gotten older they are beginning to notice this. I have been thinking about this a lot since we spent time with him over spring break. My kids love him but I am wondering if I need to protect them a bit more from him. When I try to bring up this subject with him he begins yelling-- not worth it. I (along with a brother) have almost completely stopped interacting with the choosen sibling because it is really hard to interact with all the baggage my father has injected into the situation.

How do I just let it go? [/quote]

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