Parents Shouldn't Play Favorites (IMAGE)

Brigham Young University

Parents Shouldn't Play Favorites

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Professor Alex Jensen with his two daughters. His new study shows that in certain kinds of families, the perception that parents have a favorite is linked with the less-favored children being twice as likely to use alcohol, cigarettes or drugs.

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Mark Philbrick/BYU

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