Are we doing our kids a favor by trying to make things fair?
“Yanky got a bigger piece of cake than me, Mommy!”
Mommy rushes to even it out, measuring tape in hand, so that Yanky, Shaindy, Eli, and Malka all have equal slices on their plates.
Phew, disaster averted!
Similarly, when Yanky gets a can of soda in school, Tatty runs out to get one for the other kids so they won’t feel jealous.
But what happens when Yanky is 35 and has a bigger house than Shaindy? Goes on a nicer vacation than Malka can afford? Has a better job than Eli? And Mommy and Tatty aren’t there to even it out…
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