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[quote=Anonymous]I was a middle child and my mom always clearly favored my sister.  It was a terrible way to grow up.  My parents were also really big on ridiculing us for being "too sensitive."  By the time I was ten, I knew that it wasn't a good idea to tell them about things because it was likely to be turned against me.  Sexually abused by a family friend?  Check.  Didn't tell them for a really long time because I had already concluded that I would be blamed. Drinking, smoking, acting out?  You betcha.

THe thing is that if your kid feels like they can't trust you to respect them and their belongings and their feelings, at some point they're going to clam up and stop sharing anything with you.  You have the ability to fix this, OP, and you should feel really lucky that now you're aware of the unhealthy dynamics you have created, perhaps unintentionally, you can fix them.  Please don't ridicule your child and tell him to get over it unless you're planning on having a relationship where your kid keeps his distance from you, perhaps for his whole life.[/quote]

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