I’ll leave the abused children to address that question. Including how long it takes to forgive, the jealousy created by favoritism, and plain old PTSD.
Being the youngest is just as hard as being the oldest, just in a different sort of way–you’re never allowed to be grown up and even though you learned first hand from watching and listening to your elder siblings what NOT to do, you still catch flack for getting away with ‘murder’…
Is she going to make up her mind? He’s calmed down and become a kinder, more thoughtful father like she wanted him to and she’s annoyed?
I’ll leave the abused children to address that question. Including how long it takes to forgive, the jealousy created by favoritism, and plain old PTSD.
Some people take a while to realize, that time can change a person a lot.
The kid’s shell-shocked. She’s not getting over it in a moment.
Being the youngest is just as hard as being the oldest, just in a different sort of way–you’re never allowed to be grown up and even though you learned first hand from watching and listening to your elder siblings what NOT to do, you still catch flack for getting away with ‘murder’…
Humans don’t parent well.
He’s likely learned a bit in the meanwhile, what with this filly being kid #3.
And he’s calmed down a lot, mostly because he’s a lot older and the PTSD has faded a lot.