Advice to help avoid playing favorites with kids

Sherre Hirsch, Rabbi & Relationship Expert, explains how its alright if a parent loves one child more than another, but shares advice on how to love all their kids equally
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Advice to help avoid playing favorites with kids

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I'm going to tell you a very dirty little secret. Some children, we love more than the others. Nobody wants to say it because it sounds terrible. The truth is that some of our children have a real compatibility with us. They are more like us, it's easy to hang with them, we know what they are going to say next. Other children are less compatible with us, so when we are with them, they have unexpected behaviors and it's harder to love them. Nobody wants to talk about it. I have to tell you the good news. You may love one child more than the other, but the one that's harder to love is going to make you love yourself. It is going to make you a better parent and a better person. Don't despair, just remember that each child of yours is worthy of love. Make sure to tailor your love for that child.

Sherre Hirsch, Rabbi & Relationship Expert, explains how its alright if a parent loves one child more than another, but shares advice on how to love all their kids equally

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Rabbi Sherre Hirsch

Rabbi & Relationship Expert

Rabbi Sherre Hirsch is a mother of four, author, speaker, TV personality, teacher and the spiritual life consultant for Canyon Ranch.  After eight years at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, she stepped out from behind the formal podium to share her message in all kinds of pulpits from The Today Show to a small baptist church in Alabama.  She published her first book, We Plan, God Laughs: What to Do When Life Hits You Over the Head in 2008; her second book will be published in early 2013. Rabbi Hirsch spends her free time practicing yoga, baking brownies and playing freeze dance with her husband and children.

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