You get all the privileges, the best christmas presents, the parental attention.
Fighting with siblings as a way to get parental attention may increase in adolescence.
Thus, children will be deprived of needed parental attention.
She gained a great deal of parental attention during this.
The child has learned that tantrums gain parental attention.
Children who receive more parental attention than their brothers and sisters may worry about falling from grace if they make any mistakes.
"But it can sometimes be a focal point of conflict that actually comes from other areas, such as jealousy, parental attention and loyalty."
Obviously, they would receive less parental attention than children from smaller families.
One of the biggest parental attention drains is a baby.
Every girl needs and deserves parental attention to her developmental progress.