The habit of giving the older child's clothes to the younger child is present in almost every family.
Even when their first child is born, new parents receive baby things from their relatives whose children have already grown up.
Let's find out how dangerous such a "tradition" can be.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with so-called used clothes. The disadvantages appear when the situation turns into a "choice without choice", that is, when parents are sure that the younger child is simply obliged to wear what he already has from the older one, they do not ask him whether he would like to wear these things, and do not take into account his opinion, whether he likes the clothes or not.
If mom and dad buy new clothes only for the older child, the younger one is deprived of parental care and love, which is shown, including when the item was chosen and bought specifically for him.
Younger sons and daughters sometimes rebel because they don't want to be a copy of their older children. As a result, negative emotions about clothes are transferred to their brothers and sisters.
The older child also suffers - if there is jealousy and rivalry between the children, he may not want to give his favorite T-shirts to the younger one, but the younger one will still get them and will feel like a winner.
Therefore, before dividing your wardrobe between your children, carefully evaluate all possible pros and cons.
Earlier we wrote about how to teach a child to achieve a set goal.
