Father and Son, Mother and Daughter, Mother and Son, Father and Daughter.

Our relationships within our own family often tend to pair us closer together with one person. When you are young this person is one of your parents. I’m not sure if this has ever been proved by scientific study or research but it seems like more often than not the parent that we form the closer connection with is the one of the opposite sex. This is how I see the second part of the list, daughters tent to be closer to their fathers and sons tent to be closer to their mothers. This is where phrases like daddy’s little girl and momma’s boy come from. I’m not sure why this happens but I feel like one of the main reasons is that dads are easier on their girls than boys. They also tend to be very protective of their little girls. A similar story explains why sons are closer to their mothers. I can say from personal experience that this is true. I feel closer to my mom than I do my dad. This however, I’ve heard is only accurate during the first part of a person’s life and that once you grow older the parent you’re closer with shifts to the parent of the same sex. People say that when you are an adult your best friend, if you are a guy, is your dad and the opposite if you’re a girl. I’m still too young to say that I can confirm this on a personal level but I can see how it makes sense. When you are a grown man you can probably relate to your dad a lot better than you could your mom and you could use his advice a lot more. This is how I relate the pairs on this list.