The Least Favorite Child
December 5th, 2010 | 
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Nina* is four years old. Barely a month after her birth, her mommy left her to grandmother, who, in turn, took care of her because Nina has two more older sisters that mommy takes care of. I didn’t ask why mommy can take care of the older two girls but can’t take care of Nina.
Some time this summer, mommy finally took Nina from grandmother and enrolled her in preschool last June. Nina is a very quiet little girl, she knows more Visayan words than Pilipino (Tagalog). She keeps to herself, plays alone and simply looks at us with expressionless eyes. She doesn’t seem to care also that her mom picks her up 2 hours after the class.
We didn’t mind. Surely, she’d open up soon enough. What got us worried and in a way frustrated is that, she always comes to school with homework undone. And then she began throwing tantrums. She cried very loudly and screamed at US, ‘I don’t like you!!!.’ Her teacher told mommy about it, but mommy justified that she got the behavior from her older cousins. Then Nina started hitting her classmates.. UNPROVOKED.
This time, teacher asked mommy to come over. Mommy admitted that Nina is her ‘least favorite child’ and that she couldn’t bring herself to love her as much as she loves the other two older girls. She reasoned that maybe because Nina was raised by grandmother.
Last month, Nina didn’t join the field trip. Her older sisters have exams and mommy is simply too busy helping them review their lessons.
I know for a fact that favoritism is common, in school, at home and even in friends. But that fact, I think, doesn’t make it less painful as it is to the least favorite..
*not real name
Posted in teacher's journal
It is indeed a pity that the youngest child of this mother chose to let her be raised by her grandmother. Now that she is with her mother, she is being discriminated upon against her elder sisters. No wonder the child has so many anti social behaviors. She probably resented her being raised up by her lola instead of her mother and now resents more because she is being discriminated by her own mother who showers more attention to her two elder daughters. Very tragic indeed. Thanks for the post. God bless you all always.
This is some kind of a sad story. I have three nieces and one nephew and I really do pray to God that I don't let them feel that I have favorites because I do love them the same. Thanks for this post and the visit too Kim. I do appreciate it.
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Poor little girl
It explains why she has 'annoying' behavior…
This is just too upsetting for me to read. I just wished the mother realizes that.
ang sad naman ng story…this really happens. hope the parents would realize that children need an equal treatment.
Oh, what a sad story for a young kid to be taken for granted. My heart was broken in this story:-(
I think tantrums will stop at 12 years old, ohh I hate it when the incident is getting into the nerve.
btw, thanks for the visit mommy kimmy, sorry wasnt able to reciprocate the visit been very lazy busy lately hehehhe