Talk:Brian Crandall/@comment-32320502-20181204112209/@comment-36277500-20190413190624

It's a topic-river...

Let's say that there are some families where the parents favour some children above others. Of course, favoured children can't hold themselves to not brag and show off before their less lucky siblings.

If the parents have at least half brain, they put some limits to the favoured kids to not abuse their advantages, at least for keeping the guise of fairness. But parents, who are weak-willed enough to play favourites, rarely have much common sense... so they often turn the blind eye when favoured child bullies other children.

Crandall's family seems to be the second type - not only playing the favourites, but also letting "better" child harass "worse" one.

The situation is the more worse that Crandalls have very stiff conception of "ideal child" without any slightest compromises. They designated the roles for their children without asking their opinion, probably long before they were born or even conceived... They wanted their son to be a jock and their daughter to be a cheerleader - I'm curious what would they say if the children exchanged they roles... Brian eagerly fitted to his part of image, while Skye broke out of it. It also fuels the fire.

I doubt that Brian and their parents abused Skye physically or sexually, rather emotionally - throwing insults, public humiliating, excluding from family communion, comparing her to "good child" Brian etc.