Advice if your child is favouring one parent over another

IT’S not uncommon for children to favour one parent over the other.

One to six-year-olds may well gravitate more towards their mother, says parent coach Sharon Byron-Smith.

“If mum’s more omnipotent in a child’s life, he can develop his primary attachment to her. She has the key role, fulfilling his physiological and emotional needs. She’s a conduit for his communication and information, so he talks to her, she responds to him. She’s the one relaying information to the other parent.”