Day 10: Don't Play Favorites
I've seen it a dozen times: kids feel that their parents favor their sibling over them. It's kind of heart breaking really. I've watched people who are near and dear to me feel distressed over their parent's relationship with their sibling.
Rabbi Telushkin is right, by favoring Joseph, Jacob's favoritism spiraled into condemning his descendants to slavery. If (in a worst case scenario) this is what favoritism can do to siblings, why would any parent show their true feelings if they do indeed have a favorite?
As a student intent on becoming a teacher, I've heard a lot about not choosing specific students as my favorites despite the fact that there will be students I like more than others. If I'm lucky enough as an adult to be playing a mentoring role in the lives of children, I'd rather impact them all positively and teach them to work cohesively than condemn them to classroom anarchy.
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