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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a 7 year old senses this much favoritism it's probably because she's sensing OP's frustration with her mother.  It didn't happen organically.  [/quote]

I don’t think it’s fair to try to blame me for my mom’s behavior. I have tried to be as neutral as humanly possible in this situation. I sincerely would love for my DC to have the relationship with my mom that I didn’t get to have.[/quote]

DP.  I agree with the first poster.  Your child is picking up the resentment from somewhere.  It makes sense that it would be from you.  Even your OP, which is written to [i]seem[/i] like it is unbiased and fairly presented, is not [i]actually[/i] unbiased and fairly presented.  You owe your child more.  That a 7-year-old burst into tears about it means that you are somehow egging on the behavior because that is not something most 7-year-olds would pick up on.[/quote]

PP, you just not have ever spent much time with a 7 year old.  My now 8 year old would certainly have picked up on it, especially over time.  They are not infants.  At 7 in particular mine was very emotionally sensitive and figuring out his place in the family.[/quote]

Of course.  My 8 year old (not sensitive) would also absolutely pick up on something like this, and it’s toxic.[/quote]

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